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NIST Publishes Status Report on Round 1 of the NIST PQC Standardization Process

NIST publishes Internal Report (NISTIR) 8240, "Status Report on the First Round of the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process"

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On January 30, 2019, NIST announced the 26 candidate algorithms that are advancing to the second round of the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) standardization process. Today, NIST is publishing NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) 8240, Status Report on the First Round of the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process, which provides details about those candidate algorithms.

See the PQC Standardization page for more information about Round 2.

Released January 31, 2019, Updated April 15, 2025
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