Secure post-quantum cryptographic primitives

Project Information

SQPRIM

Grant agreement ID: 101105985

DOI 10.3030/101105985

EC signature date 22 March 2023

Start date 1 July 2023

End date 30 June 2025

Funded under

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Total cost No data

EU contribution € 181 152,96

Coordinated by

AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
Spain

Objective

Quantum computers pose a huge threat to cybersecurity, with the potential of solving complex problems in just a fraction of the time it takes to the most powerful supercomputers today. With conventional public key infrastructure (PKI) cryptography at risk, we face the task of securing our digital systems with the development of new cryptographic primitives for the post-quantum era.
Inspired by nature, this project aims to developing the biometric equivalents of fingerprints and DNA for the digital world that will univocally and individually identify hardware. For this goal, Physically Unclonable Functions (PUFs) will be developed to provide hardware-based digital identifiers that will be utilised to build lightweight encryption and robust authentication procedures. But creating such unique structures is challenging in a fast-growing digital environment with increasing demand for new interconnected devices, such as the Internet of Things (IoT). To achieve this goal, we will combine light and sound.
We will use ultrasound (US) waves to control the travel path of a light beam transmitted through a scattering medium to generate unique patterns. This novel method can potentially generate a high number of unique patterns while reducing the cost and complexity compared to current systems exploiting optical PUFs. The proposed device is expected to be unconditionally unclonable and, therefore, safe in the post-quantum era. This project will also explore the integration of the proposed novel PUFs with CMOS-based cryptographic primitives to create IDentity of Things (IDoT). The proposed solution is expected to be of relevance in a wide spectrum of application domains such as financial systems, medical services, energy industry, governments, and citizens.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.

• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › internet › internet of things
• natural sciences › biological sciences › genetics › DNA
• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › computer security › cryptography
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › computer hardware › supercomputers

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Keywords

• PUF
• cybersecurity
• photoacoustic effect
• ultrasound
• optical scattering
• speckle pattern
• IoT
• cryptographic primitive
• optical sensor
• photonics
• quantum security

Programme(s)

• HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme

Topic(s)

• HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01 - MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022

Call for proposal

HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01

Funding Scheme

HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships

Coordinator

AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

• Net EU contribution: € 181 152,96
• Address: CALLE SERRANO 117 ; 28006 Madrid ; Spain
• Region: Comunidad de Madrid › Comunidad de Madrid › Madrid
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data