Elon Musk heads the Trump administration’s government efficiency task force, DOGE Ken Cedeno/UPI/Shutterstock
Cybersecurity experts are racing to preserve vital documents produced by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a government agency charged with developing standards for a range of fields including quantum-proof encryption, after fears they could be lost as part of Elon Musk’s “government efficiency” drive.
Musk heads a task force called the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is not a government department but was created by an executive order from US President Donald Trump with the stated aim of “modernizing Federal technology…
Article amended on 12 February 2025
Loganaden Velvindron asked DOGE for clarity on NIST’s post-quantum cryptography project.
