![]() We’ve been working with the security community for over a decade to explore options for PQC algorithms beyond theoretical implementations. ![]() Moving the ecosystem beyond theory and into practice: Testing PQC algorithms These standards, collectively, will enable large organizations to build PQC solutions that are compatible and ease the transition globally. More recently, we also contributed to the IETF proposal on data formats, which will define JSON and CBOR serialization formats for PQC digital signature schemes. This includes ISO 14888-4, where Googlers are the editors for a standard on stateful hash-based signatures. In addition to our work with NIST, we continue to drive industry contributions to international standards bodies to help advance PQC standards. Driving industry contributions to a range of standards bodies Governments in particular are in a race to secure information because foreign adversaries can harvest sensitive information now and decrypt it later.Īt Google, our work on PQC is focused on four areas: 1) driving industry contributions to standards bodies 2) moving the ecosystem beyond theory and into practice (primarily through testing PQC algorithms) 3) taking action to ensure that Google is PQC ready and 4) helping customers manage the transition to PQC. The goal of PQC is to develop cryptographic systems that safeguard against these potential threats, and NIST’s announcement is a critical step toward that goal. Large-scale quantum computers will be powerful enough to break most public-key cryptosystems currently in use and compromise digital communications on the Internet and elsewhere. This work is incredibly important as we continue to advance quantum computing. We would also like to congratulate all the participants and thank NIST for their dedication to advancing these important issues for the entire ecosystem. We want to congratulate the Googlers involved in the submissions (Stefan Kölbl, Rafael Misoczki, and Christiane Peters) and thank Sophie Schmieg for moving PQC efforts forward at Google. Two submissions (Classic McEliece, BIKE) are being considered for the next round. ![]() The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Tuesday announced the completion of the third round of the Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) standardization process, and we are pleased to share that a submission (SPHINCS+) with Google’s involvement was selected for standardization.
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