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A FIPS 140-3 Compliant Hybrid KEM Algorithm
Along with the sole use of Kyber KEM, a hybrid mechanism using X25519 can act as a replacement for Kyber KEM.
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PQC: Kyber and Dilithium – State of the (Draft) Standards
NIST has published first drafts for three Dilithium and Kyber standards.
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First Post-Quantum Algorithm Certificate issued by CAVP3
atsec obtained the first validation for a post-quantum cryptographic algorithm using the ACVP.
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CNSA 2.0 and Quantum Resistant Encryption Algorithms
The NSA released the Commercial National Security Algorithm Suite 2.0, detailing future quantum resistant algorithm requirements.
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atsec attended the 20th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security (ACNS)
Last week, employees from atsec Germany and atsec Italy attended the 20th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security (ACNS) in Rome, Italy. As the name implies, ACNS highlights academic and industry research in the areas of applied cryptography and network security. Accepted papers are published in…
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Distinguishing encrypted from non-encrypted data
Our colleague Quentin Gouchet, together with Eric Järpe, authored an article on distinguishing encrypted from non-encrypted data. We invite you to read the article here. Introduction:The discrimination of encrypted data from other kinds of data is of interest in many areas of application. For instance for making other…
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The Impact of TLS 1.3 and ACVTS on FIPS Certification Testing
by Marcos Portnoi, Stephan Mueller, and Viktoria Meyerhoff In 2018, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) published RFC 8446, “Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3”, a new standard for the latest version of TLS. TLS is the successor of SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), which was developed by…
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atsec leading in Automated Cryptographic Validation Testing
With the sunset of the Cryptographic Algorithm Validation System (CAVS) at end of June 2020, algorithm testing for NIST and NIAP validations and evaluations must now be performed using the Automated Cryptographic Validation Testing System (ACVTS). The list of issued CAVP certificates using ACVTS (i.e. the certificates prefixed…
