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BlackBerry and NXP Join Forces to Help Companies Prepare For and Prevent Y2Q Post-Quantum Cyber Attacks
Collaboration aims to drive adoption for Quantum-Safe Cryptography before it's too late WATERLOO, Canada, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackBerry Limited
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[{"type":"text","content":"Collaboration aims to drive adoption for Quantum-Safe Cryptography before it's too late \nWATERLOO, Canada, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced it will provide support for quantum-resistant secure boot signatures for NXP® Semiconductors' (NASDAQ: NXPI) crypto-agile S32G vehicle networking processors in a demonstration to illustrate how to mitigate the risk of potential quantum computing attacks on in-vehicle software.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nThe new integration will allow software to be digitally signed using the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) recently endorsed CRYSTALS Dilithium digital signature scheme that will be quantum resistant, providing peace of mind to those relying on – and delivering – long lifecycle assets such as systems in critical infrastructure, industrial controls, aerospace and military electronics, telecommunications, transportation infrastructure, and connected cars. The collaboration is set to guard against an increasingly risky future when quantum computers will be able to easily break traditional code signing schemes.\nFor more information, register to attend the one hour \"Post-Quantum Cyber Attacks, how to Prepare and Prevent\" webinar on June 9, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. ET.\nWhile quantum computing promises to deliver huge leaps forward in processing power, it also has the potential to render today's public key cryptography useless. In recent months, NATO, the White House and NIST have all taken steps to prepare for a 'Y2Q' scenario in which quantum computers become weaponized by threat actors and many widely used security methods become useless against next-generation attacks.\nThe BlackBerry® Certicom® Code Signing and Key Management Server leverages the NXP S32G chip's secure boot flow to achieve fast and agile quantum protection. Using quantum-resistant signature schemes such as Dilithium for low-level device firmware, over-the-air software updates and software bills of material (SBOMs) mitigates the risk of potential quantum computing attacks on critical software updates, addressing a major security concern for a number of industries.\n\"As quantum computers continue to advance in development, it's increasingly important to work to secure today's systems against these future threats,\" said Joppe Bos, Senior Principal Cryptograph...