#post-quantum-cryptography

#post-quantum-cryptography

NTT DATA and Fortanix announce a global partnership to help companies transition to post-quantum cryptography. The new Cryptography-as-a-Service offering is designed to prepare organizations for the quantum era while securing AI environments. The new service combines Fortanix's Data Security Manager Platform with NTT DATA's cybersecurity expertise. The goal is clear: to support companies in securing data in AI, cloud, and hybrid environments. At the same time, organizations must prepare for the post-quantum era with crypto-agility.

The encryption protecting communications against criminal and nation-state snooping is under threat. As private industry and governments get closer to building useful quantum computers, the algorithms protecting Bitcoin wallets, encrypted Web visits, and other sensitive secrets will be useless. No one doubts the day will come, but as the now-common joke in cryptography circles observes, experts have been forecasting this cryptocalypse will arrive in the next 15 to 30 years for the past 30 years.

GitHub is introducing a hybrid post-quantum secure key exchange algorithm for SSH access when interacting with Git over SSH. The new algorithm, sntrup761x25519-sha512 (also known as sntrup761x25519-sha512@openssh.com), combines Streamlined NTRU Prime (a post-quantum cryptography scheme) with the classical curve X25519. This change aims to safeguard Git data against potential future threats from quantum computers that might decrypt SSH sessions recorded today.

Quantum computers are coming, and they're poised to crack the encryption that powers your DevOps pipelines. As a DevOps lead with over 16 years turning legacy systems into cloud-native powerhouses, I've seen how fragile security can be. The rise of quantum computing threatens to unravel the cryptographic foundations of our CI/CD pipelines, APIs, and cloud infrastructure. But here's the good news: quantum-safe cryptography is here

Your secrets are safe - or are they? Quantum computers are coming, and they're poised to crack the encryption that powers your DevOps pipelines. As a DevOps lead with over 16 years turning legacy systems into cloud-native powerhouses, I've seen how fragile security can be. The rise of quantum computing threatens to unravel the cryptographic foundations of our CI/CD pipelines, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., one of the upper chamber's biggest quantum advocates, submitted four amendments: one mandating a Strategy for Quantum Readiness specifically tailored for Defense; an accompanying amendment requiring the Subcommittee on the Economic and Security Implications of Quantum Information Science to conduct an assessment of quantum-resilient network migration; another including a July 2025 bill introduced by her and Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., the National Quantum Cybersecurity Migration Strategy Act of 2025, in defense spending appropriations;

A significant cybersecurity risk is looming on the horizon and set to disrupt your operations worldwide as soon as 2030 - or even before. That's the warning that industry giants IBM, Thales, Keyfactor and Quantinuum have echoed once again on the launch of the Quantum-Safe 360 Alliance. Quantum computing is still a nascent technology, but these machines will one day be powerful enough to break our most powerful encryption algorithms.

Kubernetes is ensuring its system can adapt as cryptographic standards evolve by incorporating support for hybrid key exchange algorithms, enabling gradual adoption of post-quantum secure schemes.