Scientific Research Publishing

Secure Offline: A Hardware-Bound Cryptographic Framework for Software License Validation in Internet Constrained Educational Environments ()

The system employs HMAC-SHA256 (Hash-based Message Authentication Code using SHA-256) for license integrity verification. SHA-256 refers to the Secure Hash Algorithm producing 256-bit hash values (see ...
Nextgov

Quantum cryptography implementation timelines must be shortened, industry CEO to tell Congress

Ahead of a Wednesday House congressional hearing examining the intersection of cybersecurity and advanced technologies, Eddy Zervigon, the CEO of Quantum XChange, said he plans to stress to lawmakers ...
Live Science

Quantum computing will make cryptography obsolete. But computer scientists are working to make them unhackable.

Quantum computers are coming. And when they arrive, they are going to upend the way we protect sensitive data. Unlike classical computers, quantum computers harness quantum mechanical effects — like ...
Computer Weekly

Arqit to support NCSC’s post-quantum cryptography pilot

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has enlisted quantum-safe encryption pioneer Arqit Quantum to help lead on the UK’s looming migration to post-quantum cryptography. The NCSC’s PQC Pilot ...
Wired

The New Math of Quantum Cryptography

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the ...
Redmond Magazine

Microsoft Accelerates Post-Quantum Cryptography Transition with Global Standards Push

Quantum computing presents both a potential breakthrough and a cryptographic threat -- one that Microsoft is tackling through what it calls "progress towards next‑generation cryptography." In a post ...
SDxCentral

Citrix adds post-quantum cryptography to boost enterprise data security

Citrix added a handful of offerings to its NetScaler platform designed to strengthen enterprise data security. Chief among the updates is support for post-quantum cryptography (PQC). Initially teased ...
InfoWorld

Bringing post-quantum cryptography to Windows

Microsoft prepares for security in a world where our old codes are easily broken. Get familiar with these technologies now before they become necessary. Much of what we do to keep our online lives ...
CSOonline

CISOs urged to push vendors for roadmaps on post-quantum cryptography readiness

The looming ‘Q-Day’ should also be used as the stick to get approval to carry out a cryptographic inventory and roll out projects that foster cryptographic agility more generally. CISOs have been ...
ExtremeTech

Microsoft Is Taking Steps to Protect Windows 11 Cryptography From Quantum Computers

Microsoft has announced the addition of post-quantum cryptography (PQC) capabilities to Windows Insiders on the Canary Channel (Build 27852 and higher) and to Linux through SymCrypt-OpenSSL version ...
Ars Technica

Windows 11’s most important new feature is post-quantum cryptography. Here’s why.

Microsoft is updating Windows 11 with a set of new encryption algorithms that can withstand future attacks from quantum computers in a move aimed at jump-starting what’s likely to be the most ...