Event 25f1fbe4-6a99-474d-ba67-43224cc09c5f

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Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Uncategorized Country: Latvia

Source: https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/commentary/24.04.2025-ar...

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1y ago

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1mo ago

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Summary

Headline: Are we ready for new cyber threats in the quantum era?

Short Summary: Quantum computing poses urgent new risks to cybersecurity; current digital protections could rapidly become obsolete, demanding immediate adaptation.

Description

A commentary by Professor Andris Ambainis, Head of the Centre for Quantum Computing Science at the University of Latvia, discusses the impending risks posed by quantum computing to cybersecurity. He highlights how quantum technologies threaten current cryptographic protections, making many classical cyber defenses obsolete, and urges proactive adaptation of new quantum-resilient cybersecurity measures.

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Our lives are closely intertwined with digital technologies... However, the era of quantum computing is rapidly approaching, promising a revolution in the world of technology, as well as serious cybersecurity risks.

When encryption is no longer secure... the protection of digital data has relied on mathematical complexity...quantum computers could shatter this process to just a few hours or even minutes.

A single powerful quantum computer is enough to break encryption and undermine modern infrastructure.

Although the risk of quantum computing threats is indirect, many organisations are still unprepared.

The time to act is now — before these threats become a reality that hinders protection against cyber threats.

Source

https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/commentary/24.04.2025-are-we-ready-for-new-cyber-threats-in-the-quantum-era.a596550/