A NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme multi-year project on the secure implementation of post-quantum cryptography (PQC), designated G4520, received the NATO Science Partnership Prize in 2018. The project involved a team from the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (FEI STU), led by Professor Otokar Grošek, working alongside international partners on the development and secure implementation of quantum-resistant cryptographic codes.
According to the NATO SPS Project G5985 page, the earlier G4520 project “was recognized as the outstanding NATO SPS multi-year project in the category Cyber Defense in the last ten years.” FEI STU’s Department of IT Security, which has conducted cryptology research since 1984, served as a core participant.
The project addressed risks posed by future quantum computers to existing encryption systems such as RSA, focusing on ensuring that new post-quantum codes could be securely implemented without vulnerabilities from side-channel attacks or other implementation flaws.