Key takeaways
- Post-quantum cryptography and quantum key distribution solve different problems, and companies need to understand both instead of treating them as interchangeable options
- Migrating a large organization's infrastructure to quantum-safe cryptography is a multi-year effort, so waiting until quantum computers are working is waiting too long
- Standards bodies like NIST have produced algorithms, but adoption requires inventorying cryptographic assets across an organization, which most companies have not done
- Harvest now, decrypt later attacks mean data encrypted today with vulnerable algorithms can already be at risk even before a quantum computer exists
Summary
Michele Mosca, founder, President, and CEO of EvolutionQ, a quantum-safe cybersecurity company is interviewed by Yuval Boger. They talk about Post-quantum cryptography and quantum key distributions, the timeline for hardening a company’s infrastructure, standards organizations, and much more.