Post-quantum cryptography

Even though Quantum Computing systems are not yet powerful enough today to pose a real threat to our cryptography, criminal organisations are suspected of applying the principle of 'harvest today, decrypt later,' with all the dangers it poses to our critical infrastructure, official contracts, digital signatures, news reliability, and other vulnerabilities. In this session, we delve into 'Quantum-Safe' and 'Post-Quantum Cryptography' as defensive measures against these threats, which receive significant attention, particularly in the financial, telecommunications, energy, and government sectors. We explain how to
establish a 'Quantum-Safe Implementation' project and which state-of-the-art technologies can lend a hand in this process.

This session is part of the series Cybersecurity excellence:

• Session 1: Tackling cybersecurity challenges: a complex security puzzle | 28 February 2024 - Vincent Naessens (KU Leuven)
• Session 2: ‘Privacy by design': a technical approach to privacy risk | 26 March 2024 - Kim Wuyts (PwC)
• Session 3: Efficient use of a 'network protocol analyzer' in cyber threats (workshop) | 24 April 2024 - Tom Cordemans (KU Leuven)
• Session 4: Hacking and protecting embedded devices (workshop) | 29 May 2024 - Jorn Lapon (KU Leuven)
• Session 5: EU cybersecurity standards and regulation for IoT ecosystems and Industrial Control Systems | 28 August 2024 - Vincent Naessens (KU Leuven)
• Session 6: Cyberattack response | 25 September 2024 - Tom Bauwens (Eubelius), Kalman Tiboldi (TVH)
• Session 7: Post-quantum cryptography | 23 October 2024 - Eric Michiels (IBM)