Introducing the Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance - Michael Maximilien, IBM & Hart Montgomery, Linux Foundation
There is a looming threat to all on the horizon. Today’s data and communications are secured using various forms of public-key encryption. These schemes are all (principally) based on the surprising complexity of factoring large numbers. The issue with modern-based cryptography is that, in 1994, Peter Shor discovered a quantum algorithm that can break modern encryption when executed on large enough quantum computers (QCs). What can we do today to protect from this looming threat? The QC and cryptography communities have been hard at work on devising new encryption algorithms that can be resistant to QCs. Working closely with the Linux Foundation and leaders of the cryptography and OSS community the Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance (PQCA) was created to host and lead a collection of initial post-quantum projects that can be used to make the world’s software quantum safe. As part of the original representative members of the PQCA, Hart and Max have seen the progression of the alliance from its inception at the LF Member’s Summit 2022 to its current form. In this talk they will present the foundation and its charter along with an overview of the current projects and algorithms.
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