"Quantum-Safe Data Encryption"

Quantum computers are expected to break current encryption methods due to their unique functioning. A competition started by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks to change this by looking for algorithms that can withstand cyberattacks from quantum computers. However, it has become evident that developing suitable cryptographic schemes will be anything but easy. Two proposals from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have been submitted to the NIST competition. Antonia Wachter-Zeh, a professor of Coding and Cryptography at TUM, has developed two algorithms based on digital signature schemes with her team, another research group at TUM, and researchers from Universita Politecnica delle Marche in Italy. The algorithms are based on error-correcting codes. This article continues to discuss the competition for new encryption technology and the algorithms submitted by Wachter-Zeh. 

The Technical University of Munich reports "Quantum-Safe Data Encryption"