Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)

Panel Webinar

Speakers and Panelists:

Prakash Ramachandran (QIT Co-Chair)	Eman Hammad (Security Co-Chair)	T. S. L. Radhika (BITS Pilani, India)

Jiafeng (Harvest) Xie (Villanova U., USA)	Baw Chng (AI/ML Co-Chair)

Abstract:

The subject of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) involving Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), Private as well Virtual Infrastructure is addressed by a Cryptography Security Framework (CSF) recommended by US Federal National Institute of Standard and Testing (NIST). The various international standard bodies like ITU, ANSSI (French), ETSI (EU), IEEE, IETF are in the process of upgrading their best practices and  Normative specifications to address  through updates to the existing standards as well as new ones.

As Risk Origin & Threat Objects (RO/TO) increase with different Asset Categories with the advent of quantum computing, post-quantum cryptography (or quantum-resistant cryptography) has become a key defense to security with both enhanced Encryption & Decryption on Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and Data Centers/Clouds to safeguard against newer quantum-enabled threats. The defense is to use new or updated Key Encryption Management Kyber (ML-KEM) and Digital Signature Authorization Dilithium (ML-DSA) to safeguard against the use of quantum computing capabilities to compromise current Asymmetric Keys as well as Symmetric Keys. For digital signature applications, the new FIPS 205 “Stateless Hash-Based Digital Standard” was approved along with it. These form the suite of algorithms underpinning Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC).

The expert panel on PQC will walk through the Classical as well as Quantum-Safe Information standardization as addressed by NIST, private sector industries, and the academia through open competitions leading up to Cybersecurity Suite for Algebraic Lattice (CRYSTAL). Topics on Quantum Safe digital protection using FIPS-203,204,205 standards, KEM & DSA updates for Modular Lattice ML standards published by NIST will also be discussed. Time permitting, the interplay between Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML) and PQC may also be addressed.

Acknowledgement:

This panel webinar is co-hosted by the IEEE Future Networks Technical Community (FNTC) International Network Generations Roadmap (INGR) QIT Working Group, Security and Privacy Working Group, AI/ML Working Group, the eMerging Open Tech Foundation which focuses on Quantum and AI skills development, the IEEE Philadelphia Section, and the IEEE Computer Society Philadelphia Chapter.

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