Standards and Certification workshop - 2017

Date: July 10-11, 2017
Time: 9:00am-5:00pm
Location: July 10, QNC 0101, July 11, QNC 1201, Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre, University of Waterloo

Please contact Chin Lee to register. The registration deadline is June 6, 2017.

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

Instructors:

• Lily Chen, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Mike Bursell, Red Hat
• Vlad Gheorghiu, University of Waterloo
• Arjan Widlak, United Knowledge

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