Post-quantum resources
A curated, maintained directory of the primary sources this wiki draws on: the standards bodies, national agencies, research archives, and implementations that define post-quantum cryptography. External links open at the source.
31 resources
Standards
The standards bodies and the specifications themselves.
- ETSI Quantum-Safe Cryptographyofficialetsi.orgThe European standards body's working group on practical quantum-safe cryptographic deployment.
- FIPS 203 (ML-KEM)officialcsrc.nist.govThe final NIST standard for module-lattice key encapsulation, formerly CRYSTALS-Kyber.
- FIPS 204 (ML-DSA)officialcsrc.nist.govThe final NIST standard for module-lattice digital signatures, formerly CRYSTALS-Dilithium.
- FIPS 205 (SLH-DSA)officialcsrc.nist.govThe final NIST standard for stateless hash-based signatures, formerly SPHINCS+.
- IETF LAMPS working groupofficialdatatracker.ietf.orgThe IETF group standardizing post-quantum certificates, PKIX, CMS, and related formats.
- IETF PQUIP working groupofficialdatatracker.ietf.orgThe IETF group coordinating post-quantum use in internet protocols and engineering guidance.
- ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27officialiso.orgThe ISO and IEC committee that standardizes information security, including post-quantum algorithms.
- NIST NCCoE Migration to PQCofficialnccoe.nist.govThe NCCoE project developing practices and playbooks for migrating systems to post-quantum algorithms.
- NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography projectofficialcsrc.nist.govThe home of the standardization effort that produced ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA, with all rounds and reports.
Government & agencies
National cybersecurity agencies and their post-quantum guidance.
- ANSSI views on PQCofficialcyber.gouv.frFrance's cybersecurity agency position on the transition, favoring hybrid classical and post-quantum schemes.
- BSI post-quantum cryptographyofficialbsi.bund.deGermany's federal information security office and its recommendations, including hybrid key exchange.
- CISA Post-Quantum Cryptography Initiativeofficialcisa.govThe US cybersecurity agency's program helping critical infrastructure prepare for the quantum transition.
- ENISA cryptographyofficialenisa.europa.euThe European Union Agency for Cybersecurity and its reports on post-quantum readiness.
- NSA Post-Quantum Cybersecurity Resourcesofficialnsa.govThe NSA hub for CNSA 2.0 and its requirements for quantum-resistant algorithms in national security systems.
- UK NCSC: preparing for PQCofficialncsc.gov.ukThe UK National Cyber Security Centre guidance on planning and timelines for post-quantum migration.
- US National Quantum Initiativeofficialquantum.govThe US government portal for national quantum research policy and coordination across agencies.
Research
Archives, papers, and academic venues for post-quantum cryptography.
- IACR Cryptology ePrint Archiveofficialeprint.iacr.orgThe primary open archive where new post-quantum designs, attacks, and analyses are published first.
- pqc-forum mailing listofficialgroups.google.comThe public NIST mailing list where standardization discussion and candidate analysis take place.
- PQCrypto conference seriesofficialpqcrypto.orgThe international conference and community site dedicated to post-quantum cryptography research.
- Global Risk Institute Quantum Threat Timelineglobalriskinstitute.orgAn annual expert survey estimating when a cryptographically relevant quantum computer might arrive.
Implementation & tooling
Libraries, reference code, and real-world deployment trackers.
- Classic McElieceofficialclassic.mceliece.orgThe reference site for the conservative code-based key encapsulation mechanism.
- Open Quantum Safe (liboqs)officialopenquantumsafe.orgAn open-source project providing a unified library of post-quantum algorithms and protocol integrations.
- Post-Quantum Cryptography Allianceofficialpqca.orgA Linux Foundation alliance hosting liboqs and other open post-quantum software efforts.
- pq-crystals (Kyber and Dilithium)officialpq-crystals.orgThe reference implementations and specifications for the CRYSTALS schemes behind ML-KEM and ML-DSA.
- PQCleanofficialgithub.comA collection of clean, portable, tested C implementations of the NIST post-quantum schemes.
- SPHINCS+officialsphincs.orgThe reference site for the stateless hash-based signature scheme standardized as SLH-DSA.
- Cloudflare Researchresearch.cloudflare.comCloudflare's research group, which deploys and measures post-quantum TLS at internet scale.
- Google Security Blogsecurity.googleblog.comGoogle engineering posts on rolling post-quantum key exchange out to Chrome and its infrastructure.
Community & education
Working groups, mailing lists, and general references.
- Cloudflare: Post-Quantum for allblog.cloudflare.comAn accessible explainer on why and how post-quantum key exchange was turned on for web traffic.
- Post-quantum cryptography (Wikipedia)en.wikipedia.orgA broad community-maintained overview with extensive references for further reading.
- Quantum Computing Reportquantumcomputingreport.comAn independent tracker of quantum hardware progress, useful for gauging the state of the threat.