Accelerating the transition to quantum-resistant cryptography

量子计算机对我们通信基础设施的安全和隐私构成了生存威胁，因为它们能够破坏用于建立安全通信通道的公钥加密算法。抗量子加密算法的设计正在进行中，但将算法从学术设计带到现实世界的采用还有很长的路要走。加拿大的公司和政府将需要在未来十年过渡到抗量子加密技术。该项目的目标是通过提供缩小文献提供的内容与实践需要之间差距的研究结果来加速向抗量子密码学的过渡，并使加拿大公司和政府在向抗量子密码学过渡方面处于领先地位。该项目将开发使用各种加密技术（包括后量子加密、信息论加密和量子密钥分发）提供抗量子机密性和抗量子身份验证的方法。来自卡尔加里大学和滑铁卢大学的研究人员，以及来自卡尔加里市、委托、RBC和TELUS的合作伙伴，将共同努力，寻找在各种行业的现实环境中工作的解决方案，提供可互操作的开源软件实施，并参与相关标准机构的标准化。我们将在滑铁卢大学在后量子密码学方面的专业知识和卡尔加里大学的量子密钥分发试验台的基础上，构建抗量子密码学系统的演示，使我们能够为加拿大各地的决策者提供指导，指导他们如何安全地过渡到抗量子密码学，并确保加拿大公民、企业和政府拥有一个安全可靠的互联网。参与该项目的学生和博士后研究人员将被培训为网络安全新兴领域的专家，这将是行业和政府的关键需求。

Quantum computers pose an existential threat to the security and privacy of our communication infrastructure due to their ability to break the public key cryptography algorithms used to establish secure communication channels. The design of quantum-resistant cryptography algorithms is underway, but it is a long path to bring an algorithm from an academic design to real-world adoption. Canadian companies and governments will need to transition to quantum-resistant cryptography over the next decade. The goal of this project is to accelerate the transition to quantum-resistant cryptography by providing research results that close the gap between what is provided by the literature and what is needed in practice, and give Canadian companies and governments a head-start in the transition to quantum-resistant cryptography.This project will develop methods to provide quantum-resistant confidentiality and quantum-resistant authentication using a variety of cryptographic techniques, including post-quantum cryptography, information-theoretic cryptography, and quantum key distribution. Researchers from the University of Calgary and the University of Waterloo along with partners from the City of Calgary, Entrust, RBC, and TELUS will work together to find solutions that work in real-world settings across a variety of sectors, provide interoperable, open-source software implementations, and participate in standardization at relevant standards bodies. We will construct demonstrations of quantum-resistant cryptography systems, building on the University of Waterloo's expertise in post-quantum cryptography and the University of Calgary's quantum key distribution testbed, to enable us to provide guidance to decision makers around Canada on how to safely transition to quantum-resistant cryptography and ensure a safe and secure Internet for Canadian citizens, businesses, and governments. Students and post-doctoral researchers involved in the project will be trained as experts in an emerging area of cybersecurity that will be a critical need for industry and governments.