Quantum technologies in defence & security Read More… + In the defence and security environment, two applications will have particularly significant implications in the near-
Arqit and Northrop Grumman in the UK sign quantum encryption collaboration agreement Arqit, the quantum encryption company, has signed a collaboration agreement with Northrop Grumman in
NIST-Led Quantum Consortium Launches Committee on National Security Key points… + The new “quantum for national security committee” will be run much like the others,
Strategic policy informed with quantum information science and technologies is beginning to gain notice. Recent studies by D.C. think-tanks are identifying challenges to quantum initiatives. The Hudson Institute, a Washington D.C. think-tank, promotes strategic policy and national security.
Though the threats from quantum computing are being construed in many different ways, this quote sums up one of the greatest: “Hackers, with many of them supported by nation-states, are actively skimming and stealing encrypted data right now, even though it would take them thousands of years to crack it with current technology.” And they’re storing it so when it can be decrypted [hacked], it will be.
