Jennifer Fernick, Google’s Senior Staff Security Engineer, emphasized the strategic importance of early adoption: “While that future may be years away, those deploying long-lived roots-of-trust or signing firmware for devices managing critical infrastructure should consider mitigation options against this threat vector now”. Google’s update enables customers to generate and validate quantum-safe digital signatures using existing Cloud KMS APIs, ensuring minimal workflow disruption. The update introduces support for NIST-standardized post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms FIPS 204 and FIPS 205 in preview, enabling organizations to safeguard digital transactions against potential quantum-based attacks. Cyber Security News is a Dedicated News Platform For Cyber News, Cyber Attack News, Hacking News & Vulnerability Analysis. Kaaviya is a Security Editor and fellow reporter with Cyber Security News. Google’s implementation aligns with these frameworks, marking a critical milestone in enterprise cloud security. Notably, Shor’s algorithm could theoretically break these systems on a sufficiently large quantum computer, risking decades of encrypted data exposure under the “Harvest Now, Decrypt Later” (HNDL) threat model.
This Cyber News was published on cybersecuritynews.com. Publication date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 07:30:13 +0000