IG.18 Oppor­tu­ni­ties and Chal­lenges for Hybrid (QKD and PQC) Sce­na­ri­os

GSMA publishes White Paper on Hybrid Secu­ri­ty Sce­na­ri­os:

The Grou­pe Spe­cia­le Mobi­le Asso­cia­ti­on (GSMA) has published a new white paper in mid-Octo­ber 2024 that high­lights the oppor­tu­ni­ties and chal­lenges of hybrid secu­ri­ty sce­na­ri­os based on a com­bi­na­ti­on of Quan­tum Key Dis­tri­bu­ti­on (QKD) and Post-Quan­tum Cryp­to­gra­phy (PQC). First­ly, a taxo­no­my of the mea­ning of the term hybrid is pro­vi­ded, fol­lo­wed by a com­pre­hen­si­ve ana­ly­sis of the sta­te of the art of the inter­na­tio­nal acti­vi­ties car­ri­ed out by exis­ting pro­jects, indus­try bodies, and stan­dard fora.
The focus of the paper is on under­stan­ding the chal­lenges and oppor­tu­ni­ties ari­sing from the com­bi­ned use of QKD and PQC. In addi­ti­on, the cur­rent sta­te of the art and ongo­ing expe­ri­ments will be pre­sen­ted and an over­view of cur­rent stan­dar­diza­ti­on acti­vi­ties (e.g. ITU, IETF, ETSI, etc.) will be given. Click here for the White Paper.