Security News > 2022 > March > Is 2022 the year encryption is doomed?

Once someone develops a suitable quantum computer, the owner could break any system reliant on current public-key encryption.

China has made quantum technology part of their current five-year plan and is known to have developed functional quantum systems to detect stealth aircraft and submarines, and have deployed quantum communication with satellites.

We can prepare by upgrading encryption algorithms to those believed to be resistant to quantum attack.

Practical quantum computer systems will bring large gains in computing power and allow new computational techniques to be applied to solve problems that are currently impractical to calculate.

One application of a new quantum computer will be breaking encryption.

Reviewing and improving encryption implementations well in advance of the deployment of a functional quantum computer is vital to ensure the continued confidentiality of information.

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