Tools Quantum Threat Tracker 2025-03-11-nist-selects-hqc-as-a-backup-kem
Milestone record
NIST selects HQC as a backup KEM
- Kind
- Standard
What happened
NIST chose the code-based algorithm HQC as a fifth standard and a mathematically independent backup to ML-KEM, with a draft standard expected around 2026 and a final version around 2027.
Sources
One record from the Quantum Threat Tracker, maintained by the Security Desk. Data: CSV · JSON ·RSS · CC BY 4.0 with attribution to YFarmX.Tracker updated · 18 September 2026