Living definition
What is NIST FIPS 203/204/205 — First Finalized Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards (ML-KEM, ML-DSA, SLH-DSA)?
Post-Quantum Cryptography Security & Identity
- As of
- 2026-07-23
- Revision
- 2026-07-26.0
- Method
- v1.3.0
Definition
The term, in context
AI-assisted draft · approved dataset
FIPS 203, 204, and 205 are the first finalized United States federal standards for post-quantum cryptography, specifying ML-KEM for key encapsulation and ML-DSA and SLH-DSA for digital signatures. The first two draw their security from the hardness of problems over module lattices, while SLH-DSA is stateless and hash-based, resting only on the properties of its underlying hash function so it remains a fallback if lattice assumptions weaken.
Live readiness status
Status as of the current dateline
AI-assisted assembly · derived results
As of 2026-07-23, verified readiness is 89 (claimed 95, reported 95, gap 6) — Strong evidence strength; current signals suggest Adopt with guardrails.
The readiness fact belongs to the canonical Readiness Verdict for NIST FIPS 203/204/205 — First Finalized Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards (ML-KEM, ML-DSA, SLH-DSA).
Dataset approval
Human editorial release
pragma.vision editorial — standing authorization (operator dev@soft.house, 2026-07-17)
- Dataset
- 2026-07-26.0
- Hash
- sha256:e2eb667df093db8819d579dff9aad51021b4977da85db2dfa82f63f9ed4e72b7
- Approved
- 2026-07-26