"NIST Selects 12 Companies for Implementing Post-Quantum Cryptography"

Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), VMware, Cisco Systems, and Samsung are among the 12 companies chosen by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to lead the Unites States' transition to cryptographic standards that are immune to the computation powers of a quantum machine. The list was released by NIST, noting their response to the agency's Federal Register notice last fall, which invited collaborators to participate in the standardization process through a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement. After a long international competition, NIST recently announced that it had identified four algorithms that will form the basis of the new standards and continue to diversify the types of math used, allowing for greater resilience of encryption mechanisms as the nation moves into the quantum age. Matthew Scholl, chief of the computer security division of NIST's Information Technology Laboratory, said the agency, together with the Homeland Security Department's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the selected private-sector entities, will develop a primary set of standards for the implementation of the new algorithms. This article continues to discuss the NIST's selection of companies for implementing post-quantum cryptography and the standardization effort. 

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