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Q-Day is Coming: Are you Prepared?

  • 1.  Q-Day is Coming: Are you Prepared?

    Posted Wed August 17, 2022 04:07 PM
    Edited by Greg Camarillo Wed August 17, 2022 10:44 PM

    How is your company considering quantum-safe cryptography in their enterprise?

    Q-Day is the term experts describe as the day quantum computers will render today's encryption algorithms meaningless.  Today's data retention standards vary by industry but the threat of protecting archived data is imminent.  
    Why?  Bad actors are harvesting data today and patiently waiting as Q-Day will allow them to access encrypted data with quantum ease.    

    Fun fact: 

    On 5 July, NIST, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology, announced the first quantum-safe cryptography protocol standards for cybersecurity in the quantum computing era.  Three of the four chosen standards were developed at IBM, in collaboration with a number of industry and academic partners. 



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