LaonSecure announced that it has been selected for the government's quantum-resistant cryptography (PQC) pilot transition support project.
The consortium led by Raonsecure was selected for the medical field of the '2025 Quantum-Resistant Cryptography Pilot Conversion Support Project' by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA), which is an important first step toward resolving the cyberattack threat to medical data due to the development of digital healthcare. This project will be centered around the 'Quantum-Resistant Cryptography Conversion Project for Standard Medical Data Relay Platform'.
Last year, Raonsecure commercialized quantum-resistant cryptography by applying it to its electronic signature and section encryption solutions, 'Key# Biz' and 'Key# Wireless'. Both solutions are based on 'CrystalCyber (lattice-based encryption technology)' adopted by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as a quantum-resistant cryptography standard. In addition, it was selected for this government project by utilizing the Korean quantum-resistant cryptography algorithm (KpqC) and a quantum-resistant cryptography-based medical data platform based on NIST standards, thereby proving its competitiveness in the global cybersecurity market.
The Laonsecure consortium plans to apply quantum-resistant cryptography-based electronic signatures and interval encryption to the open medical data platform to respond to the increasing cyber threats to medical data due to the rapid growth of the digital healthcare industry. This will enhance data security in the authentication process for patient consent to provide personal information and in the process of transmitting medical information. In addition, it will maintain compatibility with existing systems and help with gradual transition through a hybrid method that supports 'RSA', a public key-based encryption system. As the development of quantum computers increases the possibility of breaking through existing public key encryption systems, Laonsecure will apply security technology that can prepare for threats from the pre-collection, post-attack method.
This project will be carried out as a consortium with various partners including Laonsecure, Pidigital Healthcare, Cryptolab, and Sangmyung University Industry-Academia Cooperation Foundation. Laonsecure is in charge of core technologies such as development of a quantum-resistant cryptography-based interval encryption protocol, and development of electronic signature generation and verification, while Pidigital Healthcare plans to expand verification experiments by applying a quantum-resistant cryptography module to its open medical platform 'connectDTx'. In addition, it plans to realize a quantum-resistant cryptography-based system by utilizing Cryptolab's electronic signature algorithm and Sangmyung University Industry-Academia Cooperation Foundation's public key cryptography algorithm.
The Raonsecure consortium plans to pilot this technology at major medical institutions such as Sinchon, Gangnam, and Yongin Severance Hospital, and expand it to more hospitals in the future. In addition, it plans to apply quantum-resistant cryptography to mobile healthcare apps linked to hospitals to strengthen the security of public services. It also plans to promote platform linkage with digital therapeutics (DTx) companies and expand the application of quantum-resistant cryptography to medical AI, telemedicine, and IoT-based healthcare services. Furthermore, it aims to develop this system in accordance with international standards and expand into the global market through linkage with overseas medical platform systems.
Lee Jeong-ah, CEO of Laonsecure, said, “With the advancement of cyber threats due to quantum computers and the development of digital healthcare, the security of sensitive medical data has become important,” and added, “We will establish a security foundation for the development of digital healthcare through an open medical data platform based on quantum-resistant cryptography, and lead the global digital healthcare security paradigm based on domestic and international standards.”
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