PQC concepts
What is KEM?
Also known as Key Encapsulation Mechanism.
A primitive that establishes a shared symmetric key between two parties without traditional public-key encryption. ML-KEM, HQC, BIKE, FrodoKEM, McEliece are all KEMs. Used to wrap AES-256-GCM data keys in QNSP vault + KMS.
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What is KEM?
A primitive that establishes a shared symmetric key between two parties without traditional public-key encryption. ML-KEM, HQC, BIKE, FrodoKEM, McEliece are all KEMs. Used to wrap AES-256-GCM data keys in QNSP vault + KMS.
What is KEM also known as?
KEM is also known as Key Encapsulation Mechanism. A primitive that establishes a shared symmetric key between two parties without traditional public-key encryption. ML-KEM, HQC, BIKE, FrodoKEM, McEliece are all KEMs. Used to wrap AES-256-GCM data keys in QNSP vault + KMS.
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