Why waiting for quantum computers to arrive could leave your security exposed
The OpenSSL Corporation president warns that harvest-now-decrypt-later attacks make post-quantum crypto migration urgent today, not when fault-tolerant quantum machines arrive.
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By Tim Hudson, President, OpenSSL Corporation For organisations preparing for post-quantum cryptography, one of the biggest risks is assuming they can wait until a sufficiently powerful quantum computer arrives before taking action. Whilst it’s understandable to focus on the point when quantum computers might be able to break today’s cryptography, nobody can predict exactly when […] The post Why waiting for quantum computers to arrive could leave your security exposed appeared first on IT Securi
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Harvest-now-decrypt-later attacks mean sensitive data encrypted today with classical algorithms is already at risk; delaying post-quantum migration increases exposure for long-lived secrets.
Initiate a cryptographic inventory to identify systems using vulnerable key-exchange algorithms and prioritise migration planning for those protecting data with long confidentiality requirements.
Data encrypted today can be stored and broken by future quantum computers—starting the migration now protects long-lived business secrets.
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