Seamless Application of Post-Quantum Cryptography

Overview

Quantum Computing is a promising computing paradigm that leverages quantum physics to overcome the trend declination of Moore's Law. While this is a substantial revolutionary boost to computing systems, it is rather disruptive to digital security that is genuinely built on cryptographic primitives like RSA, ECC, and AES. To give a feel of this boost, it would take a quantum computer only few hours to break a cryptographic primitive, whereas a decent supercomputer may need thousands of years. 
 
Although production-grade quantum computers may be a decade away, the assumption that their threat remains remote is misleading. While integrity-related attacks may indeed be distant, confidentiality risks are immediate due to the “harvest now, decrypt later” paradigm. Sensitive encrypted information—including governmental, financial, commercial, military, medical, and social data—can already be intercepted, stored, and later decrypted once quantum machines mature. Thus, the urgency of deploying Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) is paramount. NIST’s recent standardization efforts offer practical solutions believed to resist quantum adversaries.
This project focuses on four key directions:
 
  • Studying NIST PQC Key-Encapsulation Mechanisms (KEMs), such as Kyber and Dilithium, and assessing their impact on the security of legacy applications and systems.
  • Designing custom AES implementations to enhance resilience against quantum threats and strengthen digital sovereignty.
  • Exploring Quantum Machine Learning algorithms and their implications.
  • Enabling a smooth migration to PQC through software and hardware solutions, including the development of a PQC System-on-Chip accelerator for start-up and enterprise deployment.