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Thales Achieves Europe’s First High-Level Security Certification for Quantum-Resistant Smartcard, Pioneering Post-Quantum Cybersecurity for Digital Identity

(IN BRIEF) Thales has achieved a European first with the high-level (EAL6+) Common Criteria certification of its quantum-resistant smartcard, the MultiApp 5.2 Premium PQC. Certified by France’s ANSSI, the smartcard integrates post-quantum cryptographic mechanisms standardized by NIST to secure sensitive … Read the full press release

PQC4eMRTD Project Launched to Safeguard Electronic Travel Documents Against Quantum Computing Threats

(IN BRIEF) The PQC4eMRTD (Post-Quantum Cryptography for electronic Machine-Readable Travel Documents) project officially launched today, backed by the European Union under the Digital Europe Programme. The two-year initiative is designed to address the security challenges of quantum computing by promoting … Read the full press release