The process NIST initiated in 2016 continues as it looks for

encryption algorithms that will be secure against the anticipated

arrival of practical quantum computing. In this update I report on the

first 4 Candidates to be Standardized, and the timeline for completion.

It is coming faster than you may have realized.

Links:

https://miracl.com/blog/backdoors-in-nist-elliptic-curves/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qubit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security

https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/post-quantum-cryptography

https://www.zwilnik.com/security-and-privacy/encryption-and-quantum-computing/

http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=2860

https://www.zwilnik.com/security-and-privacy/nists-quantum-cryptography-update-20200815/

http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3147

https://csrc.nist.gov/News/2016/Post-Quantum-Cryptography-Proposed-Requirements

https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/post-quantum-cryptography/selected-algorithms-2022

https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/post-quantum-cryptography/round-4-submissions

https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/pqc-dig-sig/standardization/call-for-proposals

https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/post-quantum-cryptography-qa-nists-matt-scholl

https://thehackernews.com/2022/07/nist-announces-first-four-quantum.html

https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/post-quantum-cryptography

https://www.zwilnik.com/security-and-privacy/nist-quantum-cryptography-update-20221008/