Quantum Computing · 21 articles

Quantum Computing

Quantum computing concepts, post-quantum cryptography migration, and the quantum + AI threat model — beginner to expert.

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NIST FIPS 203 (ML-KEM) One Year On: Cryptographic Module Validation Reality Check

One year of FIPS 203 NIST finalised FIPS 203 — Module-Lattice-Based Key Encapsulation Mechanism, better known as ML-KEM — in August 2024.…

May 14, 2026 · 5 min read
Academy

Building a Quantum Threat Model — STRIDE-Q, Data Classification, and the Indian Regulatory Frame

STRIDE-Q extends classical threat modeling with the time dimension (store-now-decrypt-later) and quantum-specific vectors. Framework for documenting quantum risk posture, audit-friendly artifact for…

May 8, 2026 · 5 min read
Academy

Quantum Reservoir Computing for SOC Anomaly Detection — Practical 2026 Pilots

Quantum Reservoir Computing (QRC) is the most-likely-to-ship quantum-ML technique for cybersecurity this decade. Hybrid classical-quantum anomaly detection, what works, what doesnt, deployment…

May 8, 2026 · 5 min read
Academy

Quantum + AI Threat Models — Where Quantum Computing and Machine Learning Actually Meet

Quantum AI threats: cryptanalysis acceleration, ML model extraction, defensive applications. Separating credible threat from research speculation. The realistic 2026-2030 capability landscape. Module…

May 8, 2026 · 5 min read
Academy

Isogeny-Based Cryptography — SIKE’s Death, CSIDH and SQISign Future, and the Lessons for PQ Migration

SIKE was a NIST PQ finalist broken in 2022 by Castryck-Decru — the cleanest cautionary tale in modern cryptography. Post-mortem, the surviving…

May 8, 2026 · 5 min read
Academy

Lattice Cryptanalysis — LLL, BKZ, Sieving, and the Best Attacks on ML-KEM and ML-DSA

Lattice cryptanalysis is what determines our long-term confidence in ML-KEM and ML-DSA. LLL polynomial-time approximation, BKZ block reduction, sieving algorithms, quantum lattice…

May 8, 2026 · 5 min read
Academy

Quantum-Safe Blockchain — Bitcoin BIP-360, Ethereum PQ Roadmap, and the Custodial Migration Plan

Bitcoin and Ethereum both fall to Shor when CRQC arrives. BIP-360, Ethereum account abstraction for PQ signing, custodial implications, the lost-key coin…

May 8, 2026 · 5 min read
Academy

Post-Quantum PKI — Migrating Internal CAs, Certificate Hierarchies, and Trust Stores

Migrating PKI to PQ is the most operationally complex part. Algorithm choices per layer (root SLH-DSA, intermediate ML-DSA, leaf ML-DSA), parallel hierarchy…

May 8, 2026 · 5 min read
Academy

Crypto-Agility Engineering — Designing Systems for Algorithm Replacement Beyond Post-Quantum

Crypto-agility makes algorithm changes routine. Pluggable algorithm registries, multi-algorithm certificates, hybrid signatures, automated key rotation. The patterns and anti-patterns. Module 13.

May 8, 2026 · 4 min read
Academy

Side-Channel Attacks on Post-Quantum Implementations — Kyber Timing Leaks and Constant-Time Defences

PQ algorithms are quantum-resistant but vulnerable to classical side-channel attacks if implemented carelessly. Documented Kyber/Dilithium timing leaks, constant-time defences, and how to…

May 8, 2026 · 5 min read