White House Sounds Alarm on Threat from Quantum Computers

Photo caption: A research associate shows microchips for quantum processors in a clean room laboratory at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt PTB in Braunschweig, Germany. Photo credit: Julian Stratenschulte / Picture Alliance via Getty Images. Article by Patrick Tucker. Defense One – May 4, 2022.

New directive orders the government to work with industry on security that can stand up to tomorrow’s quantum-powered decryption tools.

Hoping to move the world to better encryption before quantum-powered codebreaking tools arrive, the White House on Wednesday ordered federal agencies to ponder their security protocols  and to jumpstart efforts to work with industry on new ones. […]

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