FortifyIQ announces cavp-validated ML-DSA post-quantum digital signature verification library. * September 14, 2026 FIQ-PQC03-SW is an ultra-compact ML-DSA verification library for quantum-safe secure boot and firmware update authentication. Hod HaSharon, Israel and Salem, Massachusetts, USA. September 3, 2026. FortifyIQ today announced that its PQC signature verification library has successfully completed its NIST CAVP validation, confirming alignment with NIST's FIPS 204 standard for post-quantum digital signatures. ML-DSA verify-only is the NIST-designated post-quantum digital signature verification algorithm for secure boot and authenticated firmware updates. FortifyIQ's technology enables an ultra-small footprint (storage/memory) and best in class performance on constrained MCUs, providing a practical path to post-quantum secure boot for constrained platforms and other devices that need to support post quantum secure boot today. Post-quantum migration is becoming an essential requirement across embedded systems, including constrained IoT devices and long-life infrastructure already deployed in the field. FortifyIQ's compact, pure-software, verify-only ML-DSA module is designed to fit inside the ROM of new, cost-sensitive MCUs/SoCs that have no dedicated crypto hardware, so every unit can ship with PQC secure boot from the factory. The same implementation can also be integrated into bootloaders and OTA update agents on existing devices, enabling quantum-safe secure boot and signed firmware updates without hardware changes. This verification-only library complements FortifyIQ's portfolio of physically hardened (SCA/FIA-resistant) NIST CAVP-validated post-quantum cryptography. It supports PQC secure boot without the overhead of the complete ML-DSA functionality in resource-constrained embedded environments such as industrial control and SCADA systems, automotive ECUs, and medical devices. "Our customers have been clear: they need a practical path to post-quantum secure boot." said Alex Kesler, CEO of FortifyIQ. "We engineered this product for resource-constrained embedded systems, where memory budgets are tight and bootloaders must remain small."

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