All news with #post-quantum cryptography tag

Securing AI Before Times: Preparing for AI-driven Threats

🔐 At the Aspen US Cybersecurity Group Summer 2025 meeting, Wendi Whitmore urged urgent action to secure AI while defenders still retain a temporary advantage. Drawing on Unit 42 simulations that executed a full attack chain in as little as 25 minutes, she warned adversaries are evolving from automating old tactics to attacking the foundations of AI — targeting internal LLMs, training data and autonomous agents. Whitmore recommended adoption of a five-layer AI tech stack — Governance, Application, Infrastructure, Model and Data — combined with secure-by-design practices, strengthened identity and zero-trust controls, and investment in post-quantum cryptography to protect long-lived secrets and preserve resilience.

Quantum-safe security: Progress toward PQC adoption

🔒 Microsoft outlines a multi-year plan to transition to post-quantum cryptography, stressing that preparation must begin now. The post highlights investments in both quantum research (including Majorana 1 and 4D geometric error correction) and cryptographic readiness, plus collaboration with standards bodies such as NIST and IETF. It describes tools like the Adams Bridge Accelerator, PQC previews, and the Quantum Safe Program with a phased roadmap targeting early adoption by 2029 and completion by 2033.

PAN-OS 12.1 Orion: Quantum-Ready Multicloud Security

🔐 PAN-OS 12.1 Orion delivers a framework for quantum-ready and multicloud security, combining automated asset discovery, continuous risk assessment and centralized management via Strata Cloud Manager. It introduces an industry-first cipher translation to make legacy applications quantum-safe, plus quantum-optimized fifth-generation NGFW hardware for high-scale PQC inspection. The release also expands AI-driven detections and one-click deployment across AWS/Azure/GCP.

Palo Alto Networks' Quantum Security and PQC Tools

🔒 Palo Alto Networks announced a portfolio of quantum security innovations in PAN-OS 12.1 Orion and new fifth‑generation NGFWs to help organizations accelerate quantum readiness. The company introduces a Cryptographic Inventory in Strata Cloud Manager to identify and remediate weak or vulnerable cryptography. It delivers PQC support for NIST and prestandard algorithms and hybrid classical/post‑quantum options for VPNs and TLS. A new cipher translation proxy preserves legacy systems while migration proceeds, and Palo Alto Networks is advancing QRNG and QKD standards through industry initiatives.

Cost of Quantum Factoring for RSA: Updated Estimates

🧮 Google Quantum AI authors report that a future quantum computer with roughly one million noisy qubits running for about a week could theoretically factor a 2048-bit RSA key — a roughly 20× reduction in qubit requirements compared to their 2019 estimate. The improvement reflects both algorithmic advances (including approximate modular exponentiation and lower operation overhead) and error-correction gains. The post stresses the urgency of migrating to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) per NIST guidance, highlights deployment steps already taken in Chrome and Cloud KMS previews, and warns of “store now, decrypt later” risks for long-lived keys.