To Hybrid or Not to Hybrid: Navigating the PQC Transition
summary
Panel argues specifics: NSA-level guidance treats MLKM as the evaluated, preferred KEM and says hybrid gives no extra algorithmic security and adds attack surface because it requires new code and new validation; fastest compliant route uses current standards and targets a 2031 deadline for baseline transitions with a national-security memo to 2035. Operational voices note critical infrastructure and public-facing services (taxes, OT) may need phased coexistence and point to IETF, X9 and industry bodies to define interoperable hybrid standards.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Welcome
- 1:49Hybrid cryptography approaches
- 8:34NSA on hybrid transition
- 12:11Standardization challenges
- 18:35Industry hybrid efforts
- 21:52DHS on critical infrastructure
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