US chooses encryption tools to protect us from quantum computers
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has revealed the next generation of algorithms that will keep our private data safe from snoopers
Technology
5 July 2022
, updated 6 July 2022
An artist’s impression of a future computer processor. Quantum processors might make it difficult to keep data safe from hackers
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After five years of testing, the US standards body – the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) – has announced its chosen cryptographic algorithms that will keep sensitive data safe from quantum computers.
Why are new algorithms needed?
We use cryptography every day, whether we know it or not. Our social media messages, online banking, email and shopping all rely on cryptographic algorithms that are designed, tested, approved and adopted by …
