quantum computing
NIST starts the countdown to retire quantum-vulnerable encryption
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a roadmap for moving to post-quantum cryptography (PQC), with earlier deadlines for certain sensitive …
CISA lays out plan to push cyber adversaries out of US critical infrastructure
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released CISA 2030: Defend, Harden, Prevail, a strategy to strengthen national security and the resilience of …
Medical devices patients rely on most are least prepared for quantum attacks
Threat actors are exploiting IT, IoMT, OT and IoT devices across healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) to deploy ransomware, demand payments and monetize stolen patient …
Cisco quantum network controller lets apps order entanglement on demand
Cisco has built a Quantum Network Controller, a research prototype that lets an application ask a quantum network for entanglement and leaves the network to work out the …
Post-quantum website certificates from Cloudflare are scheduled for early 2027
Cloudflare plans to become a public certificate authority (CA), an organization that issues the digital certificates websites use to encrypt traffic and prove who they are. …
Quantum random numbers can pass the tests and still leak clues to attackers
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s (ETSI) technical report, ETSI TR 104 171, offers guidance on building and evaluating quantum random number generators …
What your vendor says about PQC tells you if they are ready
In this interview with Help Net Security, Dr. Yaakov Stein, VP CTO of Allot, discusses what post-quantum readiness looks like inside a mobile network. The discussion covers …
New TCG guidance gives buyers a way to test PQC-ready TPM claims
The Trusted Computing Group has published requirements that spell out what a Trusted Platform Module has to do before anyone calls it quantum-safe. A TPM is the chip that …
Nearly half of enterprises have no one leading PQC migration
Enterprises believe they are prepared for the security challenges posed by quantum computing, but gaps in ownership, testing and visibility could complicate their transition …
Post-quantum migration gets harder when every user holds a key
In this Help Net Security interview, Christopher Smith, CEO of Quantus, discusses what cryptographic inventories turn up in banks and hospitals, including default passwords …
Let’s Encrypt works toward post-quantum certificates at web scale
Let’s Encrypt plans to pursue a post-quantum-safe Web PKI through Merkle Tree Certificates (MTCs), a new approach that adds post-quantum authentication to the web without …
What CISOs need to do about post-quantum migration in the next 24 months
In this Help Net Security video, Garfield Jones, SVP Global Strategy and Research, QuSecure, lays out what CISOs should do over the next 24 months. A recent Google paper moved …
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