NIST announces first post-quantum cryptographic standard algorithms

On the evening of July 5, Beijing time, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced the results of the third round of screening for its subsequent quantum cryptography standardization project.

According to the information on the official website of NIST, the algorithms that were selected in advance and will be standardized include: CRYSTALS-Kyber, CRYSTALS-Dilithium, Falcon, and SPHINCS+ [1]. It is easy to see that the algorithms selected in advance are mostly based on lattice theory, among which, the CRYSTALS-Kyber algorithm, designed with the participation of Professor Ding Jintai from Tsinghua University in China, was also selected successfully.

In addition, the following algorithms entered the fourth round of the screening process: BIKE, Classic McEliece, HQC, and SIKE [2].

For more on post-quantum ciphers, see "Photon Box Post-Quantum Ciphers Report - A Storming Hotspot for Future Security".

It is worth mentioning that this Saturday (July 9), Dr. Dustin Moody, the leader of the NIST post-quantum cipher standardization project, will analyze the third round of selected algorithms and the basis of NIST's selection in detail at the 2nd Yanqi Lake International Quantum-Resistant Cipher Standardization and Application Forum and the 6th Asia Quantum-Resistant Cipher Forum. This will help us further understand and appreciate the development of post-quantum cryptographic standards. The forum is now open for registration, please visit the link for details [3].

Reference：

[1]https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/post-quantum-cryptography/selected-algorithms-2022

[2]https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/post-quantum-cryptography/round-4-submissions

[3]https://www.bimsa.cn/newsinfo/633053.html