NIST-PQC-STANDARDS

August 2024 PQC standards FIPS 203 204 205.

Definition

FIPS 203 ML-KEM: Module-Lattice-based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism (formerly CRYSTALS-Kyber), parameter sets ML-KEM-512 (Level 1), ML-KEM-768 (Level 3, recommended), ML-KEM-1024 (Level 5). FIPS 204 ML-DSA: Module-Lattice Digital Signature Algorithm (formerly CRYSTALS-Dilithium), parameter sets ML-DSA-44 (Level 2), ML-DSA-65 (Level 3), ML-DSA-87 (Level 5). FIPS 205 SLH-DSA: Stateless Hash-based Digital Signature Algorithm (SPHINCS+), 12 parameter set variants. NIST Round 4: Falcon under parallel standardisation FIPS 206 expected 2025.

Origin

NIST PQC competition launched December 2016 ; Round 1 (69 candidates) ; Round 2 (26) ; Round 3 (15) ; Round 4 (4 selected) ; FIPS 203, 204, 205 published 13 August 2024 ; FIPS 206 (FN-DSA) expected 2025.

Example in context

AWS KMS announces 2024 PQC roadmap: ML-KEM-768 hybrid support for data encryption keys, ML-DSA-65 signatures for CloudHSM, progressive migration mandatory for federal customers NSA CNSA 2.0.

Related terms

• PQC — enclosing concept.