A Perspective on Standardization of Advanced Cryptography at NIST

Explore NIST's role in standardizing advanced cryptography in this 40-minute presentation by Luís Brandão at ACS '19. Gain insights into NIST's history of standardizing basic cryptographic primitives and their revised process for developing standards. Delve into the challenges and opportunities in standardizing threshold cryptography and privacy-enhancing cryptography, including secure multiparty computation, zero-knowledge proofs, and homomorphic encryption. Learn about the complexities involved in standardizing advanced protocols, including interface design, component selection, system modeling, and security definitions. Understand the importance of stakeholder engagement in open and transparent standardization processes for advanced cryptography.

Introduction
NIST overview
Standardization
Threshold Cryptography
Why bother
Mapping layers
Examples
Development process
The granularity dilemma
Standardization vs adoption
Intellectual property
Privacy enhancing cryptography
Zero Knowledge Proof
Final statement
Thank you