Overview

• NIST released three post-quantum cryptography standards to counteract potential quantum computing threats.
• The standards include ML-KEM for general encryption and ML-DSA and SLH-DSA for digital signatures.
• Organizations are encouraged to begin integrating these standards immediately due to the extensive time required for full implementation.
• The new standards emerged from a rigorous selection process involving over 80 submissions and extensive testing.
• Experts highlight the urgency of adopting these standards to safeguard sensitive data from future quantum decryption capabilities.