As quantum computing advances, the risk it poses to widely used cryptographic standards and systems is no longer theoretical. While the arrival of a fully realized “Q-Day” (the capability milestone at ...

The White House is accelerating the governmentwide shift to post-quantum cryptography through new deadlines and pilots, but key questions remain about how agencies will fund and carry out a complex ...

Abstract: This paper presents an optimized hardware implementation of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES-128) encryption algorithm, specifically designed to minimize resource consumption while ...

Abstract: Elastic Optical Networks (EONs) are next-generation technology for growing traffic demands. Routing and spectrum assignment (RSA) algorithms run on the software-defined networking (SDN) ...