Post-Quantum Cryptography
What is Post-Quantum Cryptography?
Cryptographic algorithms designed to remain secure against attacks by quantum computers, which could break current public key encryption methods.
Terms that appear alongside post-quantum cryptography
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as post-quantum cryptography. The number is how many controls name both.
- nist 8 shared controls
- encryption 6 shared controls
- fips 6 shared controls
- key management 5 shared controls
- pki 5 shared controls
- tls 5 shared controls
- authentication 4 shared controls
- ipsec 4 shared controls
Frameworks that govern post-quantum cryptography
What the standards actually require on post-quantum cryptography
Requirements naming post-quantum cryptography across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Security Dimensions 4 and 5 per X.805 Clauses 6.4 and 6.5 are closely related: (1) Data Confidentiality (Dim 4) protects data from unauthorized disclosure - so that anyone without authorization is unable to make sense of the content.
X805-Dim4-5-Data-Confidentiality-Communication-Security-Encryption-Information-Flow-Protection · ITU-T X.805 Security Dimensions 4-5 - Data Confidentiality + Communication Security + Encryption At-Rest + In-Transit + In-Use + Information Flow Protection + Steered Communication + Anti-Tap + Anti-Eavesdrop + Post-Quantum Cryptography →A post-quantum cryptography transition plan is developed, implemented and maintained.
ISM-2073 · Post-quantum cryptography transition plan →Requirement 0223 (Part Four: Technology, section 13.10.2.3 Technology Lifecycle Management; applies to All entities; dated 01 July 2026; new in Release 2026): A post-quantum cryptography transition plan is developed, implemented and maintained.
protective-security-policy-framework-pspf-release-2026::0223 · 0223 Post-quantum cryptography transition plan →In line with the Dutch, French, German, Swedish, US and UK security agencies, the organisation gives the move to post-quantum cryptography priority over quantum key distribution and, for now, does not rely on the security of QKD solutions: QKD only distributes...
netherlands-pqc-migration-handbook-aivd-cwi-tno-2nd-edition-2024::QKD · Give priority to PQC and do not rely on quantum key distribution →The authoring agencies urge organizations to plan now for changes to existing and future contracts, so that new products are delivered with post-quantum cryptography built in and older products are upgraded with it in time to meet transition timelines.
nsa-guidance-for-transition-to-quantum-resistant-cryptography::R-CONTRACT · R-CONTRACT Plan contract changes so new products arrive with PQC and older products are upgraded to meet the timelines →ISMAP Data Protection establishes comprehensive data lifecycle controls. (1) Data Classification: customer government data must be classified per Japanese government data classification scheme + including (a) General + (b) Sensitive + (c) Confidential + (d) St...
ISMAP-DataProtection-Classification-Encryption-DataResidencyJapan-Backup-SecureDeletion-Cryptography-FIPS · ISMAP Data Protection - Data Classification + AES-256 Encryption At Rest + TLS 1.3 In Transit + Data Residency Japan + Backup + Secure Deletion + Cryptography per FIPS 140-3 + CRYPTREC + KMS HSM →Questions people ask about post-quantum cryptography
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