"RIT Researchers Develop Cybersecurity Protocols for Future Smart Transportation Systems"
A team of cybersecurity researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology's (RIT) ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute is developing protocols for post-quantum cryptography to improve Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communications. V2V technology can reduce road tragedies, but cybercriminals could use it to cause traffic jams and crashes. V2V communications are currently secured with cryptography. However, the RIT team is showing how existing cryptographic methods are vulnerable to attacks from emerging quantum computers. The researchers are developing agile and efficient security protocols to ensure all vehicles can communicate securely. Hanif Rahbari, assistant professor in the Department of Cybersecurity, and Geoff Twardokus, an electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. student, have studied post-quantum algorithms and proposed a "Partially Hybrid Authentication Protocol." This article continues to discuss the team's work in preparing connected vehicles for post-quantum cryptography.
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