NIST has announced their selections for quantum-safe encryption algorithms. The competition has been running since 2016 when the standards body realized that quantum computing could potentially impact RSA-based public key encryption. The new encryption method, CRYSTALS-Kyber, as well as digital signature methods named CRYSTALS-Dilithium, FALCON, and SPHINCS+, are designed to be implemented in the coming years for highly senstive data that could come under attack from advanced threats as well as the inevitable future of a powerful factoring system like a quantum computer. Are we all going to have to get new key tokens now? Head to GestaltIT.com for show notes and more.
0:36 | Samsung Starts 3nm Manufacturing
Samsung is making small news this week with the announcment that their long development process of 3nm chip production has finally produced. The new tiny manufacturing technique uses gate-all-around transistor (GAAFET) as a way to help keep pace with companes like TSMC. The initial yields from the line are targeted at “high performance, low power computing”, with mobile-specific processors still to come later as the line progresses through process nodes. Samsung is hoping to recapture some of the chip market as makers such as Qualcomm has switched to TSMC in recent years due to their lead in the manufacturing market. Stephen, is 3nm a big deal? Or small potatoes?
Read More: Samsung Starts 3nm Production: The Gate-Al-Around (GAAFET) Era Begins
4:18 | Swimlane Goes Low Code and Nets $70 Million
Security automation platform Swimlane announced this week that they have closed a new funding round that will bring in $70 million. The highlight of the campaign was their focus on low code automation and how it can be a force multiplier for organizations facing staffing issues. Instead of putting all the features into a Security Automation, Orchestrationi, and Response (SOAR) platform, Swimlane focuses on providing just enough software at the right locations to solve security challenges, as demoed by their team during Security Field Day last year. Tom, is this a better option for companies than a massive new system?
Read More: Swimlane’s low-code finds “sweet spot” between no-code and legacy SOAR security automation
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7:17 | FedEx Closing all Data Centers by 2024
FedEx is delivering change and they’ve got a truckload of it. The delivery giant announced this week that they are on track to close all of their data centers by the end of 2024 and retire their mainframe computers in favor of the cloud. FedEx built their first data center in 2008 and had been operating in both Colorado and Tennessee up until 2019, when they partnered with Switch to host their western US data center. There had been plans for Intel and Switch to build edge-focused data centers at FedEx offices around the country but the new plan appears to be all in on Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud. Stephen, why did FedEx change to the cloud?
Read More: FedEx to close data centers, retire all mainframes by 2024, saving $400m
10:49 | Germany Looks to Stop Satellite Cyberattacks
We are definitely living in the future because Airbus along with several European space agencies have released a paper detailing items that need to be addressed in order to keep satellites safe from cyber threats. The paper is a very comprehensive list of not only the satellites during the design phase but through construction as well as securign the networks that allow them to communicate. There’s even a section on how to properly retire the devices and keep them from being compromised after their shutdown. Tom, is there a growing market for out-of-this-world security?
Read More: Germany unveils plan to tackle cyberattacks on satellites
13:33 | NIST Approves Quantum-Resistant Crypto
NIST has announced their selections for quantum-safe encryption algorithms. The competition has been running since 2016 when the standards body realized that quantum computing could potentially impact RSA-based public key encryption. The new encryption method, CRYSTALS-Kyber, as well as digital signature methods named CRYSTALS-Dilithium, FALCON, and SPHINCS+, are designed to be implemented in the coming years for highly senstive data that could come under attack from advanced threats as well as the inevitable future of a powerful factoring system like a quantum computer. Tom, are we all going to have to get new key tokens now?
Read More: NIST announces four quantum-resistant algorithms
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26:14 | The Weeks Ahead
Mobility Field Day 7 – July 13 through 15
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