Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NIST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIST</span></a> Selects <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/HQC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HQC</span></a> as Fifth Algorithm for Post <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Quantum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quantum</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Encryption</span></a><br>HQC is the latest algorithm chosen by NIST’s Post-Quantum Cryptography project, which has overseen efforts since 2016 to head off potential threats from <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/quantumcomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quantumcomputers</span></a>. HQC will take its place alongside the four algorithms NIST selected previously. Three of those algorithms have been incorporated into finished standards, including <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MLKEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MLKEM</span></a>, which forms the core of the standard called <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FIPS203" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FIPS203</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.hpcwire.com/2025/03/12/nist-selects-hqc-as-fifth-algorithm-for-post-quantum-encryption/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hpcwire.com/2025/03/12/nist-se</span><span class="invisible">lects-hqc-as-fifth-algorithm-for-post-quantum-encryption/</span></a></p>