International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) recently announced that two of its developed algorithms have been formally incorporated into the world's first post-quantum cryptography standards, published by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology ("NIST"). This achievement highlights IBM's pioneering role in safeguarding the world's digital infrastructure from the potential cyber threats posed by quantum computing. The newly standardized algorithms, ML-KEM (derived from CRYSTALS-Kyber) and ML-DSA (derived from CRYSTALS-Dilithium), developed in collaboration with industry and academic partners, are set to aid governments and businesses worldwide in strengthening cybersecurity measures against the quantum threat. ML-KEM is a key encapsulation mechanism designed for general encryption purposes, such as securing website access, while ML-DSA is a lattice-based algorithm intended for general-purpose digital signature protocols. Additionally, IBM's FN-DSA algorithm is selected for future standardization. The official publication of these algorithms under NIST's standards marks a crucial step forward in the effort to protect sensitive data from quantum computing threats. Quantum computers, with their growing computational power, could potentially break current encryption methods, making the development ...