NIST finalizes federal standards for implementing post-quantum algorithms into networks

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a long-awaited set of standards for federal agencies that will shape how the government prepares to withstand potential attacks from quantum computers.

The three new post-quantum cryptographic algorithms, finalized today as Federal Information Processing Standards, are the culmination of an eight-year process where NIST asked for solutions from industry, security researchers and academics to address how potential threat actors could use quantum computing to gain easy access to federal systems.

“These...