Pqc

Quantum-Safe Cryptography: Preparing for the Post-Quantum World Quantum computers are not just a theory anymore. They could break common public key systems that protect web traffic, email, and software updates. This risk matters for data that must stay secure for many years. The good news is that researchers have quantum-safe methods ready today. With practical planning, organizations can prepare for a post-quantum world. Quantum-safe means choosing algorithms that resist quantum attacks. The main families are lattice-based, hash-based, code-based, and multivariate schemes. Lattice-based options often balance security with good performance; hash-based signatures are simple and robust; code-based methods offer strong long-term security. A practical plan uses more than one family to cover different tasks, from encrypting messages to signing software. ...

Quantum-Safe Cryptography for the Next Era Quantum computers could break widely used public-key systems such as RSA and ECDSA. Even if very large machines are not ready today, data that must stay secret for many years—health records, contracts, or legal documents—needs protection now. This reality has pushed organizations to plan for quantum-safe cryptography, often called post-quantum cryptography (PQC). Quantum-safe means algorithms believed to resist quantum attacks. Most candidates are not proven invincible, but they rely on hard math problems that quantum computers struggle to solve. The goal is to make future decryption unlikely while keeping performance reasonable today. ...