US NIST Uncovers Winning Encryption Algorithm for IoT Data Protection

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has declared that ASCON has won the “lightweight cryptography” programme, which seeks the best algorithm to protect small IoT (Internet of Things) devices with limited hardware resources. Small IoT devices are becoming progressively popular and ubiquitous, being used in wearable technology, “smart home” applications, and so on.

However, they are still utilized to store and handle sensitive personal information such as health records, financial information, etc. Having stated that, implementing a standard for data encryption is critical in securing people’s data. However, the weak chips inside these devices necessitate the utilization of an algorithm capable of providing robust encryption while using very little computational power.

Kerry McKay, a computer scientist at NIST stated, “The world is moving toward using small devices for lots of tasks ranging from sensing to identification to machine control, and because these small devices have limited resources, they need security that has a compact implementation. These algorithms should cover most devices that have these sorts of resource constraints.”

ASCON was chosen as the best of 57 proposals submitted to NIST after several rounds of security analysis by leading cryptographers, implementation and benchmarking re

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