Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) refers to cryptographic algorithms designed to be secure against attacks by quantum computers. These algorithms aim to protect data and communications from being compromised in a future where quantum computing is prevalent.
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Today’s Brief Commentary: Today’s first link in the post-quantum cryptography section is about OpenSSH adopting one of the NIST PQC standards. OpenSSH is a widely adopted open-source implementation of the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol, offering secure solutions for remote access,…
Today’s Brief Commentary: Prompted by a LinkedIn post by David Ryan and then my comment (and his response), today, I address the topic of a media or press kit for your website. Such a kit is a one-stop page that…
Today’s Brief Commentary: This week, I am Brooklyn-bound, and I’ll be hosting a panel on Thursday at the Forma Prime Demo Day as part of NYC Deep Tech Week hosted by Hyperstition. The panel is called “The Unadorned Truth about…
Today’s Brief Commentary: Today, we have two links to recent videocasts with me, three regarding post-quantum cryptography, and two for quantum computing. Each of the latter two categories includes variations of quantum hype. The first, from WIRED, is of the…
What Happened? On Wednesday, February 26, 2025, trapped ion quantum computing and networking company IonQ announced its financial results for the Q4 2024 quarter and 2024 fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. See its press release for the full details….
Today’s Brief Commentary: Today, I am directing my remarks toward quantum computing companies, particularly small ones. Many of your websites need work. Here are a few suggestions: Be explicit about your quantum computing modality and paradigm. For example: “We implement…
Today’s Brief Commentary: At the Inside Quantum Technologies Quantum + AI conference in October, I gave the talk “Quantum AI: A Quantum Computing Industry Perspective.” In it, I included the following slide: Now, I was joking, sort of, but…
Commentary and a selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about Quantum. Today’s Brief Commentary This is my last quantum newsletter for 2024, and I’m anxious to get going with 2025. This year had many highlights but…
Commentary and a selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about Quantum. Today’s Brief Commentary The Supercomputing SC24 conference is this week in Atlanta, so many quantum computing vendors used the occasion to make announcements. That’s why…
Commentary and a selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about Quantum. Today’s Brief Commentary I’m catching up after attending and speaking at the Inside Quantum Technology Quantum+AI conference in New York City this week. As a…
Commentary and a selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about Quantum. Today’s Brief Commentary I tweaked today’s edition’s title to insert the word “useful.” After all, we want our computing systems, classical or quantum, to be…
Commentary and a selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about Quantum. Today, we look at quantum sensing and communication, material simulation, and continuous-variable approaches for analog quantum computing. Today’s Brief Commentary Here’s a story idea for…
Commentary and a selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about Quantum. Today’s Brief Commentary Regarding “hybrid quantum computing,” please try to use a quantum computer with no classical computer in the process. No laptop, no cloud,…
A selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about Quantum. General News, Articles, and Analyses Building the Quantum Future, Qubit by Qubit – Berkeley Lab News Center https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/09/30/building-the-quantum-future-qubit-by-qubit/ Author: Aliyah Kovner (Monday, September 30, 2024) “Quantum technologies…
A selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC). General News, Articles, and Analyses Post-Quantum Cryptography Coalition Publishes Comparison of International PQC Standards https://www.mitre.org/news-insights/news-release/post-quantum-cryptography-comparison-international-pqc-standards Author: MITRE (Thursday, September 5, 2024) “The coalition surveyed international…
A selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC). It’s been a couple of weeks since NIST announced the new post-quantum cryptography standards, so there’s been more news, press releases, and analysis of what…
A selection of the most important recent news and articles about the new NIST standards for post-quantum cryptography. News, Articles, and Analyses NIST Releases First 3 Finalized Post-Quantum Encryption Standards | NIST https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/08/nist-releases-first-3-finalized-post-quantum-encryption-standards (Tuesday, August 13, 2024) “NIST is encouraging…