Article as part of the Centre for Cybersecurity at World Econimic Forum, written by Anna Sarnek & Michael Brett (AWS):

From the online article:

  • “- Quantum computing isn’t ready to break cryptography yet, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t already have risks.
  • The ‘harvest now, decrypt later’ threat model could mean businesses’ data is already vulnerable.
  • Security leaders, acting now to deliver quantum safety is imperative.

Quantum computing is often framed as a future concern. For security leaders, that framing is already outdated. The risk of quantum computing is not defined solely by when a sufficiently powerful quantum computer may become available, but by what adversaries can collect today, and the length of time sensitive data must remain protected.”