Paper 2024/518 Original: eprint.iacr.org/2024/518 ↗
Software-Defined Cryptography: A Design Feature of Cryptographic Agility
Abstract
Given the widespread use of cryptography in Enterprise IT, migration to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) is not drop-in replacement at all. Cryptographic agility, or crypto-agility, is a design feature that enables seamless updates to new cryptographic algorithms and standards without the need to modify or replace the surrounding infrastructure. This paper introduces a notion of software-defined cryptography as the desired design feature for crypto-agility, emphasizing the role of software in providing centralized governance for cryptography and automated enforcement of cryptographic policies, such as migration to PQC.
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PDF- Category
- Foundations
- Publication info
- Preprint.
- History
- 2024-09-01: last updated
- 2024-04-02: published
- Short URL
- https://ia.cr/2024/518
- License
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
BibTeX
@misc{cryptoeprint:2024/518,
author = {Jihoon Cho and Changhoon Lee and Eunkyung Kim and Jieun Lee and Beumjin Cho},
title = {Software-Defined Cryptography: A Design Feature of Cryptographic Agility},
howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2024/518},
year = {2024},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/518}
}