Mega success for Graz University of Technology: their Ascon algorithm becomes the international standard for data encryption. In one competition, the Graz 56 left behind very strong competitors, for example from the USA, China or Japan.
The extensive selection process took four years and the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has now announced that the Ascon algorithm, developed at Graz University of Technology, has been selected as the standard for lightweight cryptography.
“Small, fast, safe”
This means that it is used in both private and commercial settings. As the TU announces, Ascon is suitable for “miniature technologies such as medical implants or keyless auto openers. The decisive factor for the algorithm of the Technical University of Graz was the fact that on the one hand it can be implemented quickly, small, easily and securely and on the other hand it has additional functions to protect against implementation attacks.”
56 participants from all over the world
Ascon already took a leap of faith when the project won another major review, the 2019 Caesar Voting for Authenticated Encryption, and was thoroughly analyzed for it. The Grazers left behind 56 participants from all over the world.
Ascon started in 2014 at the Technical University of Graz and has been continuously developed ever since. The team consisted of Maria Eichlseder from the Institute for Applied Information Processing and Communication Technology and her fellow students Christoph Dobraunig, Florian Mendel and Martin Schläffer at the time.
Source: Krone
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