Post-Quantum Secure Boot for Processors and FPGAs

Abstract

This whitepaper summarises the current state of the PQC standards and the governmental regulations. It especially highlights the US Commercial National Security Algorithm Suite (CNSA) 2.0 which mandates software/firmware1 signing to use quantum-safe signatures as the default option by 2025, and as the only option by 2030.

*Updated August 2024