Abstract
- Post-standards, terminology is already starting to change
- These standards are now engineering-goals that should bring order
- Post-quantum is just a piece of a much larger ‘cryptography’ jigsaw puzzle
- We’re only really replacing RSA and ECC – but these form the overwhelming majority of PKI
- Many functions are not impacted by the quantum threat and don’t need to be replaced – AES, hash functions, etc.
Summary
The term ‘post-quantum’ defines an era when public key cryptography needs to be replaced with new technology. Release of the first PQC NIST standards has brought focus, particularly to engineers who now have a compliance goal to aim for, but PQC is simply a piece of a much larger cryptography jigsaw. In this video, Ali and Ben discuss some of the wider pieces of cryptography, many of which are not vulnerable to the quantum threat, but form essential components nevertheless, in the ‘post-quantum’ era.