It'll still be a while before quantum computers become powerful enough to do anything useful, but it's increasingly likely that we will see full-scale, error-corrected quantum computers become ...

Scientific guidance meant to ensure the U.S. is ready to shore up cyber defenses against a potential quantum computers’ ability to break through modern encryption methods are set for release the week ...

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology today released its Federal Information Process Standards for post-quantum cryptography, a new set of standards that ...

To safeguard existing cybersecurity protocols from easy decryption by a quantum computer, the National Institute of Standards and Technology Post-Quantum Cryptography Project has developed three ...

An IBM quantum computer during a 2023 inauguration event. Last week, a cybersecurity-focused trade group for the financial services industry released a whitepaper advocating for banks and other ...

With 2024 fast becoming a pivotal year for quantum technologies, attention is turning to how quantum computers will soon be capable of easily cracking our current encryption standards. 'Harvest now, ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The arrival of quantum computing poses a significant threat to many traditional ...

In July, the National Institute of Standards and Technologies selected four cryptography algorithms as national standards for public key security in order to prepare for an era of quantum computers, ...

There’s been a lot of focus recently on encryption within the context of cryptocurrencies. Taproot being implemented in bitcoin has led to more cryptographic primitives that make the bitcoin network ...