NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards (FIPS 203, 204, 205)
Validation and HSMs

NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards (FIPS 203, 204, 205) PQC-7: FIPS Validated Modules, HSM Readiness, and Algorithm Validation

Deploy FIPS 140-3 validated cryptographic modules (NIST CMVP) supporting ML-KEM + ML-DSA + SLH-DSA. Test against NIST CAVP (Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program) test vectors. Verify HSM readiness for PQC including Thales Luna 7 PQC + Entrust nShield PQC + Utimaco SecurityServer + AWS CloudHSM PQC + Microsoft Azure Managed HSM PQC. Test protocol integration with TLS 1.3 (RFC 8446 + draft-ietf-tls-hybrid-design) + SSH (draft-josefsson-ntru-ssh) + IKE/IPsec + S/MIME + PKI. Address performance and bandwidth impact (ML-KEM-768 public key 1184 bytes + ML-DSA-65 signature 3293 bytes + SLH-DSA signatures 7-49 KB).

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