Novel tool CryptographicEstimators essential in assessing the security of Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) schemes
Abu Dhabi-UAE: XX July, 2023 – The Technology Innovation Institute (TII), a leading global scientific research center and the applied research pillar of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), today announced that its Cryptography Research Center (CRC) has launched CryptographicEstimators, the world’s first open-source software library entirely dedicated to estimating the security of Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) schemes, including key exchange methods, public key encryption and signatures.
Today, cryptographic estimations are often performed in an ad-hoc manner, producing non-standardized estimation scripts that deliver varying outcomes for the same problems. This method posts an obstacle to reaching a consensus around the hardness of cryptographic problems.
As TII’s latest contribution to cryptographic research and standardization, CryptographicEstimators addresses the need for a reliable point of access for concrete security estimates by consolidating existing estimators and providing the foundation for newly designed ones. This approach helps public key scheme designers select secure parameters and it supports cryptanalysts in assessing their findings against established benchmarks.
Moreover, unlike similar projects that only evaluate single classes of hardness assumptions, such as lattice-based assumptions, CryptographicEstimators aims at the full spectrum of post-quantum secure foundations, currently including multivariate and code-based problems, along with some of their variants. The library can also be easily extended by researchers to accommodate various other types of cryptographic assumptions.
Commenting on this milestone, Dr. Najwa Aaraj, Chief Researcher, CRC, said, “The introduction of the CryptographicEstimators library is particularly important in this critical moment, where we see ongoing efforts of the American National Institute of Standard and Technologies (NIST) in standardizing PQC. CryptographicEstimators, a unique, state-of-the-art cryptographic tool, positions TII as a prime mover in the PQC domain and solidifies the UAE’s role as an important stakeholder in advancing the PQC ecosystem.”
CryptographicEstimators complements TII’s other initiatives in the cryptography sphere, such as the TII-McEliece Challenges, the new digital signatures submitted to NIST, and the creation of the first PQC software library in the UAE, on top of ongoing research on PQC.
CryptographicEstimators is available on the web (https://estimators.crypto.tii.ae/) and as an open-source software with a GPLv3 license (https://github.com/Crypto-TII/CryptographicEstimators). To learn more, click here: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/589.pdf
About the Technology Innovation Institute (TII)
The Technology Innovation Institute (TII) is the dedicated applied research pillar of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC). TII is a pioneering global research and development center that focuses on applied research and new-age technology capabilities. The Institute has 10 dedicated research centers in advanced materials, autonomous robotics, cryptography, AI and digital science, directed energy, quantum, secure systems, propulsion and space, biotechnology, and renewable and sustainable energy.
By working with exceptional talent, universities, research institutions and industry partners from all over the world, the Institute connects an intellectual community and contributes to building an R&D ecosystem that reinforces the status of Abu Dhabi and the UAE as a global hub for innovation. For more information, visit www.tii.ae
About Cryptography Research Center (CRC)
The Cryptography Research Center – at the Technology Innovation Institute (TII) in Abu Dhabi – designs the building blocks of advanced cryptographic and cryptanalytic mechanisms that enable advanced data privacy, integrity, confidentiality, and non-repudiation. Working in partnership with leading research advisors and institutions, the Center aims to research new cryptographic primitives covering design, analysis, implementation, and implementation hardness, as well as develop security protocols. For more information, visit https://www.tii.ae/cryptography
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roducing non-standardized estimation scripts that deliver varying outcomes for the same problems. This method posts an obstacle to reaching a consensus around the hardness of cryptographic problems. As TII’s latest contribution to cryptographic research and standardization, CryptographicEstimators addresses the need for a reliable point of access for concrete security estimates by consolidating existing estimators and providing the foundation for newly designed ones. This approach helps public key scheme designers select secure parameters and it supports cryptanalysts in assessing their findings against established benchmarks. Moreover, unlike similar projects that only evaluate single classes of hardness assumptions, such as lattice-based assumptions, CryptographicEstimators aims at the full spectrum of post-quantum secure foundations, currently including multivariate and code-based problems, along with some of their variants.
The library can also be easily extended by researchers to accommodate various other types of cryptographic assumptions. Commenting on this milestone, Dr. Najwa Aaraj, Chief Researcher, CRC, said, “The introduction of the CryptographicEstimators library is particularly important in this critical moment, where we see ongoing efforts of the American National Institute of Standard and Technologies (NIST) in standardizing PQC.
CryptographicEstimators, a unique, state-of-the-art cryptographic tool, positions TII as a prime mover in the PQC domain and solidifies the UAE’s role as an important stakeholder in advancing the PQC ecosystem.” CryptographicEstimators complements TII’s other initiatives in the cryptography sphere, such as the TII-McEliece Challenges, the new digital signatures submitted to NIST, and the creation of the first PQC software library in the UAE, on top of ongoing research on PQC. CryptographicEstimators is available on the web (https://estimators.crypto.tii.ae/) and as an open-source software with a GPLv3 license (https://github.com/Crypto-TII/CryptographicEstimators).
To learn more, click here: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/589.pdf About the Technology Innovation Institute (TII) The Technology Innovation Institute (TII) is the dedicated applied research pillar of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC). TII is a pioneering global research and development center that focuses on applied research and new-age technology capabilities. The Institute has 10 dedicated research centers in advanced materials, autonomous robotics, cryptography, AI and digital science, directed energy, quantum, secure systems, propulsion and space, biotechnology, and renewable and sustainable energy.
By working with exceptional talent, universities, research institutions and industry partners from all over the world, the Institute connects an intellectual community and contributes to building an R&D ecosystem that reinforces the status of Abu Dhabi and the UAE as a global hub for innovation. For more information, visit www.tii.ae About Cryptography Research Center (CRC) The Cryptography Research Center – at the Technology Innovation Institute (TII) in Abu Dhabi – designs the building blocks of advanced cryptographic and cryptanalytic mechanisms that enable advanced data privacy, integrity, confidentiality, and non-repudiation. Working in partnership with leading research advisors and institutions, the Center aims to research new cryptographic primitives covering design, analysis, implementation, and implementation hardness, as well as develop security protocols. For more information, visit https://www.tii.ae/cryptography Connect with us on social media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tiiuae/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TIIuae Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tiiuae/ For media inquiries, please contact: Technology Innovation Institute comms@atrc.gov.ae