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NIST’s Post-Quantum Cryptography Program Enters ‘Selection Round’

July 22, 2020

The race to protect sensitive electronic information against the threat of quantum computers has entered the home stretch. After spending more than three years

NIST Kick-Starts ‘Threshold Cryptography’ Development Effort

July 7, 2020

A new publication by cryptography experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposes the direction the technical agency will take to

NIST: Blockchain Provides Security, Traceability for Smart Manufacturing

February 11, 2019

Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) needed a way to secure smart manufacturing systems using the digital thread, so they

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NIST Reveals 26 Algorithms Advancing to the Post-Quantum Crypto ‘Semifinals’

January 30, 2019

The field has narrowed in the race to protect sensitive electronic information from the threat of quantum computers, which one day could render many of our

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Online Security through Strong Encryption

Mobile computing, e-commerce and the proliferation of connected devices bring unprecedented benefits to our lives. But to protect individuals, businesses and

Projects and Programs

E-Authentication

Electronic Authentication is the process of establishing confidence in user identities that are presented in online environments. Application developers are

Cryptographic Hash Algorithm Competition

A cryptographic hash algorithm (alternatively, hash "function") is designed to provide a random mapping from a string of binary data to a fixed-size “message

Cryptographic Standards Development Process Review

Trust is crucial to the adoption of strong cryptographic algorithms. To ensure that our guidance has been developed according the highest standard of

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Publications

Recommendation for Stateful Hash-Based Signature Schemes

October 29, 2020

Author(s)

David A. Cooper, Daniel C. Apon, Quynh H. Dang, Michael S. Davidson, Morris J. Dworkin, Carl A. Miller

This recommendation specifies two algorithms that can be used to generate a digital signature, both of which are stateful hash-based signature schemes: the

Cryptanalysis of LEDAcrypt

September 16, 2020

Author(s)

Daniel C. Apon, Ray A. Perlner, Angela Y. Robinson, Paulo Santini

We report on the concrete cryptanalysis of LEDAcrypt, a 2nd Round candidate in NIST's Post- Quantum Cryptography standardization process and one of 17

Recommendation for Key-Derivation Methods in Key-Establishment Schemes

August 18, 2020

Author(s)

Elaine B. Barker, Lidong Chen, Richard Davis

This Recommendation specifies techniques for the derivation of keying material from a shared secret established during a key-establishment scheme defined in

Boolean Functions with Multiplicative Complexity 3 and 4

July 18, 2020

Author(s)

Cagdas Calik, Meltem Sonmez Turan, Rene C. Peralta

Multiplicative complexity (MC) is defined as the minimum number of AND gates required to implement a function with a circuit over the basis (AND, XOR, NOT)