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Need of the hour: Why cyber security has to be a national agendaIt is a good time to make cyber security a national agenda, since the rapid digitalisation of businesses, administrative functions of the government, ...

How Can Autonomous Vehicles Be Protected Against Cyber Security Threats? - IEEE Innovation at WorkAutonomous vehicle cyber security threats can from numerous sources including over-the-air hardware/software updates as well as crowdsourcing environments.

Automotive Cyber Security Market To Reach USD 5.77 Bn By 2025!As per the market estimates, global automotive cybersecurity market was valued at USD 1.44 billion in 2018 and is poised to reach USD 5.77 billion by 2025.

CRYPTOGRAPHY: Overview

Cryptography involves techniques for exchanging secure messages even in the presence of adversaries. As our electronic networks grow increasingly open and interconnected, it is crucial to have cryptographic standards, algorithms and encryption methods that provide a foundation for e-commerce transactions, mobile device conversations and other exchanges of data. NIST has fostered the development of cryptographic techniques and technology for nearly 50 years.

Cryptography is a continually evolving field that drives research and innovation. The Data Encryption Standard (DES), published in 1977 as a Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS), was groundbreaking for its time but would fall far short of the levels of protection needed today. NIST continues to lead public collaborations for developing modern cryptography, including:

Block ciphers, which encrypt data in block-sized chunks (rather than one bit at a time) and are useful in encrypting large amounts of data.
Cryptographic hash algorithms, which create short digests, or hashes, of the information being protected. These digests find use in many security applications including digital signatures, the development of which NIST also leads.
Key establishment, employed in public-key cryptography to establish the data protection keys used by the communicating parties.
Post-quantum cryptography, intended to be secure against both quantum and classical computers and deployable without drastic changes to existing communication protocols and networks.
Lightweight cryptography, which could be used in small devices such as Internet of Things devices and other resource-limited platforms that would be overtaxed by current cryptographic algorithms.
Privacy-enhancing cryptography, intended to allow research on private data without revealing aspects of the data that could be used to identify its owner.

Post-Quantum Cryptography: the Good, the Bad, and the PowerfulIn an animated story featuring NIST’s Matthew Scholl, this video emphasizes how NIST is working with the brightest minds in government, academia, and industry from around the world to develop a new set of encryption standards that will work with our current classical computers—while being resistant to the quantum machines of the future. Quantum computers will be incredibly powerful and will have the potential to provide tremendous societal benefits; however, there are concerns related to how quantum computers could be used by our adversaries, competitors, or criminals. This video explores these scenarios and explains how we are staying ahead of this potential cybersecurity threat. To learn more about NIST’s cryptography work, please visit our main cryptography page: https://www.nist.gov/cryptography. To learn about a specific project, Crypto Agility: Considerations for Migrating to Post-Quantum Cryptographic Algorithms, please visit this page: https://www.nccoe.nist.gov/projects/building-blocks/post-quantum-cryptography.

Researchers unlock secret path to a quantum futureIn 1998, researchers including Mark Kubinec of UC Berkeley performed one of the first simple quantum computations using individual molecules. They used pulses of radio waves to flip the spins of two nuclei in a molecule, with each spin's "up" or "down" orientation storing information in the way that a "0" or "1" state stores information in a classical data bit. In those early days of quantum computers, the combined orientation of the two nuclei—that is, the molecule's quantum state—could only be preserved for brief periods in specially tuned environments. In other words, the system quickly lost its coherence. Control over quantum coherence is the missing step to building scalable quantum computers.

'Cyber Storm III' tests US on cyber attack Keyboard warriors from the United States and a dozen other nations were battling a simulated cyber attack Tuesday on government and private networks that undermines basic trust in the Internet.

Researchers realize quantum teleportation onto mechanical motion of silicon beamsQuantum technology typically employs qubits (quantum bits) consisting of, for example, single electrons, photons or atoms. A group of TU Delft researchers has now demonstrated the ability to teleport an arbitrary qubit state from a single photon onto an optomechanical device—consisting of a mechanical structure comprising billions of atoms. Their breakthrough research, now published in Nature Photonics, enables real-world applications such as quantum internet repeater nodes while also allowing quantum mechanics itself to be studied in new ways.

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