Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)
Learn how Bervice uses post-quantum cryptography to protect your files and passwords against both present and future quantum computer threats.
Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) refers to cryptographic algorithms that are designed to be secure against attacks by both classical and quantum computers. Quantum computers threaten current cryptographic systems like RSA and ECC, which can be broken by algorithms such as Shor’s. PQC replaces them with quantum-resistant mathematical problems.
Bervice implements PQC by default for all encryption operations. We use - for secure key exchange, - for fast symmetric encryption, and for password-based key derivation. These algorithms were selected through the NIST PQC standardization process for their proven security and performance.
With PQC, your files and passwords are encrypted locally on your device before being uploaded to our decentralized storage network. Even if an attacker captures your encrypted data today, it will remain secure in the future when large-scale quantum computers become practical.
We also design our protocols to support hybrid encryption. This means we combine PQC algorithms with current standards like ECDSA/EdDSA for blockchain interactions, ensuring backward compatibility while providing quantum resistance for sensitive off-chain data.
PQC also mitigates harvest-now, decrypt-later threats. Adversaries cannot store encrypted Bervice files with the hope of breaking them once quantum computing advances—because our encryption is already designed to resist those attacks.
For more information, see What is Quantum Encryption? and Key Management.