<s>
A	O
set	O
of	O
cryptographic	O
algorithms	O
promulgated	O
by	O
the	O
National	O
Security	O
Agency	O
as	O
a	O
replacement	O
for	O
NSA	O
Suite	O
B	O
Cryptography	O
until	O
post-quantum	O
cryptography	O
standards	O
are	O
promulgated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2015	O
,	O
NSA	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
planning	O
to	O
transition	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
not	O
distant	O
future	O
"	O
to	O
a	O
new	O
cipher	O
suite	O
that	O
is	O
resistant	O
to	O
quantum	B-Architecture
attacks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Unfortunately	O
,	O
the	O
growth	O
of	O
elliptic	O
curve	O
use	O
has	O
bumped	O
up	O
against	O
the	O
fact	O
of	O
continued	O
progress	O
in	O
the	O
research	O
on	O
quantum	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
,	O
necessitating	O
a	O
re-evaluation	O
of	O
our	O
cryptographic	O
strategy.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
NSA	O
advised	O
:	O
"	O
For	O
those	O
partners	O
and	O
vendors	O
that	O
have	O
not	O
yet	O
made	O
the	O
transition	O
to	O
Suite	O
B	O
algorithms	O
,	O
we	O
recommend	O
not	O
making	O
a	O
significant	O
expenditure	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
at	O
this	O
point	O
but	O
instead	O
to	O
prepare	O
for	O
the	O
upcoming	O
quantum	B-Architecture
resistant	O
algorithm	O
transition.	O
"	O
</s>
