NIST moves toward completing initial work to implement quantum-resistant algorithms on federal networks

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is entering the next phase of providing guidance to agencies and the broader stakeholder community on the transition to post-quantum cryptography, with efforts to finalize standards for agencies and publish new implementation guidance, according to agency official Dustin Moody.

The agency received over 100 comments on the first three post-quantum standards published in August and is in the process of going through them, Moody said, with a plan for final publication in the...