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Updates 2024

Announcing Approval of Three Federal Information Processing Standards
(FIPS) for Post-Quantum Cryptography
August 13, 2024

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The Secretary of Commerce has approved three Federal Information
Processing Standards (FIPS) for post-quantum cryptography:

  * FIPS 203, Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism
    Standard
  * FIPS 204, Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Standard
  * FIPS 205, Stateless Hash-Based Digital Signature Standard

These standards specify key establishment and digital signature
schemes that are designed to resist future attacks by quantum
computers, which threaten the security of current standards. The
three algorithms specified in these standards are each derived from
different submissions to the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography
Standardization Project. 

* * * *  

FIPS 203 specifies a cryptographic scheme called the
Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism Standard, which is
derived from the CRYSTALS-KYBER submission. A key encapsulation
mechanism (KEM) is a particular type of key establishment scheme that
can be used to establish a shared secret key between two parties
communicating over a public channel. Current NIST-approved key
establishment schemes are specified in NIST Special Publication (SP)
800-56A, Recommendation for Pair-Wise Key-Establishment Schemes Using
Discrete Logarithm-Based Cryptography, and SP 800-56B, Recommendation
for Pair-Wise Key-Establishment Schemes Using Integer Factorization
Cryptography.

FIPS 204 and 205 each specify digital signature schemes, which are
used to detect unauthorized modifications to data and to authenticate
the identity of the signatory. FIPS 204 specifies the
Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Standard, which is derived
from CRYSTALS-Dilithium submission. FIPS 205 specifies the Stateless
Hash-Based Digital Signature Standard, which is derived from the
SPHINCS+ submission. Current NIST-approved digital signature schemes
are specified in FIPS 186-5, Digital Signature Standard, and SP
800-208, Recommendation for Stateful Hash-Based Signature Schemes.
NIST is also developing a FIPS that specifies a digital signature
algorithm derived from FALCON as an additional alternative to these
standards.


READ MORE.....

Federal Register Notice

Document Number: 2024-17956

Parent Project

See: Post-Quantum Cryptography

Related Topics

Security and Privacy: digital signatures, key management,
post-quantum cryptography

Created August 06, 2024, Updated August 13, 2024
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