For years, we have heard that quantum computers will soon make conventional cryptography broken and obsolete. In 2024, NIST issued standards for Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC), governments around the world are indicating that the transition to PQC must begin, and customers have started asking when PQC support will be available.
Embedded systems engineers must now consider how to accommodate these demands for PQC without driving up cost and complexity. Moving to PQC is especially challenging for embedded systems due to the longer keys and signatures that PQC algorithms have.
Is now the time to move embedded systems to PQC? Is it practical to do so? And how can we take a measured and well-planned approach to the PQC transition?
The speaker will address all of these questions and more in this thorough talk on the requirements, challenges, and opportunities for PQC in embedded systems.