Cryptography
Cryptography enables the private, authenticated, and confidential communication that allows the internet to thrive. We’re researching quantum-safe cryptography, zero-knowledge proofs, and lattice-based cryptography, to secure everything from mainframes to the hybrid cloud.
Our work
How IBM is helping make the world’s networks quantum safe
NewsThe cryptography standards that will keep today’s data and systems quantum safe
NewsWhy it’s time to take quantum-safe cryptography seriously
ExplainerWhat is confidential computing?
ExplainerIBM scientists help develop NIST’s quantum-safe standards
News(In)security of ElGamal in OpenPGP
Research- See more of our work on Cryptography
Is your cybersecurity ready to take the quantum leap?
Our CTO of Security Research, J.R. Rao and Jay Gambetta, VP of Quantum Computing, discuss with the World Economic Forum how enterprises can prepare for the quantum decade ahead.
Tools + code
Open Quantum Safe
An open-source project to support the development and prototyping of quantum-resistant cryptography.
View project →HELayers – Community Edition
SDKs for computing on encrypted data without decrypting it, provided via Docker container. Equipped with C++ and Python API’s and includes Jupyter Notebooks and VS Code IDEs with demonstrations, tutorials and documentation for AI/ML and encrypted search applications. Support for Linux, Intel, MacOS and s390x platforms.
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Protecting today’s systems from tomorrow’s threats
IBM cryptographer Vadim Lyubashevsky explains how quantum computers coming in the near future could break all modern cryptography — and how they can keep machines safe with post-quantum cryptography.
Publications
- 2022
- ESORICS 2022
- 2022
- CRYPTO 2022
- 2022
- CRYPTO 2022
- 2022
- CRYPTO 2022
- 2022
- CSCML 2022
- 2022
- Cloud S&P 2022