Standards and Certification workshop - 2019

Date and time: July 23-24, 2019, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Location: QNC 4104 Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre, University of Waterloo

Please contact Kaitlyn McDonell kmcdonel@uwaterloo.ca to register.

The CryptoWorks21 Standards and Certification Course is a 2-day program focused on the importance of standards and certification when introducing new technologies to the marketplace and the avenues for standardization and certification of quantum-safe cryptographic technologies.

Students will develop an understanding of several components of these topics including:

• Standards
• Relevance
• Importance for deployability
• Competitiveness
• Large-scale adoption
• Compliance organizations and development

Course Outline:

Overview of standards Case studies Aligning standards to business models Certification Standards and certification for post-quantum cryptography “The Sky Is the Limit”, Standardization Simulation Game run by United Knowledge