Post-quantum security: is the time now?
IncreaseYehuda Lindel
While some are raving about the power of quantum computers, which promise to search for the unknown and solve computational problems that even supercomputers cannot handle, others are speculating on this. As the ComputerWeekly portal writes, citing Yehuda Lindell, director of the research center in the field of applied cryptography and cybersecurity at Bar-Ilan University (he is also the co-founder and chief scientist of the information security firm Unbound Tech), unscrupulous suppliers have launched activities in the information security market, manipulating customers' fears that their critical data is at risk of being hacked using quantum decryption methods.
“We know of several companies that offer proprietary luxembourg whatsapp data for post-quantum encryption that have not been standardized by academic and professional institutions. Thus, they violate the unwritten rule: at best, they sell an unfinished product, at worst, they release a pig in a poke. These [proprietary] systems are much less reliable than post-quantum algorithms proposed for review to the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) by professional engineers,” the expert said. NIST is engaged in assessing the quality of post-quantum encryption algorithms, applications for which are received by it from experts in the field of cryptography. The institute plans to publish a selection of the best of them soon, and then they will be used as encryption standards.