ISARA Insights Blog


US Government’s Deep Dive into China and Why the Quantum Threat Matters

Paul Lucier
Oct 07, 2020

China continues to make significant advances in quantum science and with quantum communication networks. Do these developments pose a threat we should be worried about? The US Congress thinks so. On…

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NIST Advances to Selection Round

Paul Lucier
Jul 30, 2020

On July 22nd National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced that they have entered the ‘selection’ round in the process of standardizing post-quantum cryptography. If you’re reading this,…

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All Aboard the Quantum Migration Train

Scott Totzke
Jul 16, 2020

Standards bodies, government organizations, and research centers weigh in on preparing for the threat that quantum computers pose to encryption. Take action now? Don’t worry about it yet? Or, get on the…

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Microsoft’s CryptoAPI flaw/CurveBall: a teaser of the quantum threat

Mike Brown
Jan 17, 2020

The National Security Agency recently discovered a major cryptographic flaw in Microsoft’s low-level code within their operating system. This flaw, now known as CurveBall, was found within Windows CryptoAPI…

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Myth-Busting the Quantum Threat: The Top 3 Misconceptions About Quantum-Safe Migrations

Paul Lucier
Jul 23, 2019

Part of our mission at ISARA is to educate and raise awareness of the security risks introduced by large-scale quantum computing. Since I joined ISARA in 2016, I’ve spoken to individuals, enterprises,…

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