Post-quantum investigating Cryptography for Data Safeguard Transmission in Future Network Communication

Post-quantum investigating Cryptography for Data Safeguard Transmission in Future Network Communication

연구 분야: Cryptography

학회: 2025 International Conference on Computational Innovations and Engineering Sustainability (ICCIES)

With the fast-paced development of quantum computing, classical cryptographic techniques are under severe security threats, prompting the need for post-quantum cryptographic mechanisms for secure data exchange in next-generation network communications. Post-quantum cryptography seeks to protect sensitive data against quantum attacks to provide long-term data confidentiality. But all current cryptographic techniques, including RSA and ECC, are susceptible to quantum algorithms like Shor's algorithm, which can factor large integers efficiently and break discrete logarithm problems, making classical cryptography useless. There is thus a pressing need for quantum attack-resistant encryption mechanisms. To meet these challenges, we introduce the Lattice-Based Cryptography with Hybrid Key Exchange (L-CHKE) framework, which combines lattice-based encryption with a hybrid key exchange mechanism. Lattice-based cryptography provides quantum resistance because it is based on hard mathematical problems such as Learning with Errors (LWE), which provides greater security and efficiency. The designed L-CHKE algorithm strengthens secure key distribution and authentication for next-generation networks, especially for applications needing strong security like financial transactions, IoT, and military communications. Experimental results verify that L-CHKE noticeably boosts computational efficiency by 98.45%, decreases key exchange latency by 42.56%, and guarantees robustness by 97.64% against quantum attacks, indicating it is an appropriate solution for post-quantum secure communication.