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Bank Info Security 1 year, 7 months ago

Australia to Phase Out Weak Encryption Algorithms by 2030

Regulators Say NIST's 2035 Deadline for Insecure Encryption Could Be Too LateAustralia has rolled out an ambitious roadmap to prepare for future quantum-enabled cyberattacks. Regulators are ready to set an end date for several existing encryption algorithms in 2030 - five years earlier than the deadline set by National Institute of Standards and Technology in the U.S.

More from Bank Info Security 18 Dec 2024, 12:30 p.m. America Australia Cyberattack Encryption NIST Quantum Roadmap

The likes of SHA-256, RSA, ECDSA and ECDH won't be welcome in just five years Australia's chief cyber security agency has decided local orgs should stop using the tech that forms the current cryptographic foundation of the internet by the year 2030 – years before other nations plan to do so – over fears that advances in quantum computing could render it insecure.…

More from The Register 17 Dec 2024, 4:58 p.m. Australia Quantum RSA