As the world prepares for the advent of quantum computers, the security community must also prepare to defend against it: most of the cryptography in used today succumb to quantum attacks. I'll present recent progress in the development of quantum-resistant cryptography, it’s (2nd round of) standardization by NIST, it’s implementation in our Open Quantum Safe project, and results from our recent experiments integrating and benchmarking it in TLS, SSH, and VPN. Last year’s work allows developers to start experimenting with post-quantum cryptography to protect encrypted data that could be recorded today and decrypted with a quantum computer within a decade; I'll conclude with guidance to help such efforts.
Christian Paquin Principal Research Software Engineer, Microsoft Research
Christian is a security specialist in the Microsoft Research Cryptography team with a mission to bridge the gap between academic research and real-world systems. With 25 years of experience, Christian has been involved in many industry-wide initiatives such as the development of privacy enhancing identity technologies (such as anonymous credentials), the ongoing post-quantum cryptographic migration, and the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) to fight online disinformation. Christian shares some of his work results on his blog: https://christianpaquin.github.io