News: How Quantum Computing Will Redefine Data Security | Asamaka Industries Ltd - A3 Association for Advancing Automation

The field of quantum computing is no longer a fanciful idea in a lab, we are moving into a new era with the ability to transform the frontier of data security. Over the years, privacy and integrity of digital systems were based on mathematical problems, which are impractical to solve using classical computers, e.g., RSA and elliptic-curve cryptography. Quantum machines employ other physics and algorithms capable of reducing such hard problems into easy ones. That poses a significant threat as well as an opportunity: companies need to secure data against future quantum attacks today, but also consider quantum tools that can improve security. This article describes the menace, provides some practical steps that are currently underway, and demonstrates how quantum technology can create a more secure digital future. There are quantum algorithms that are exponentially faster than others. The algorithm of Shor, which was found in the 1990s, has the ability to factor large numbers and to compute discrete logarithms many times faster than the fastest classical algorithms do. A strong quantum computer would crack RSA as well as most elliptic-curve designs that are used to encrypt web traffic, email, online banking, VPNs, and digital signatures. It is not just a threat tomorrow, attackers can steal encrypted messages today, and decrypt them later when the quantum computers are available, the so-called harvest-now, decrypt-later threat. The development of quantum hardware is increasing. Businesses such as IBM and Google have added more qubits and enhanced interconnections and advanced research on error-correction. Fault-tolerant quantum computers are now the focus of industry roadmaps in a multi-year timeline, and new accomplishments such as larger processors and improved error correction are announced publicly. That does not imply that tomorrow an army of quantum computers will compromise the Internet. Even a fault-tolerant machine of the size necessary to execute Shoriers algorithm with typical key sizes is an enormous engineering problem. However the advancement is gradual enough so that the danger is plausible to long term secrets. The primary immediate protection is cryptographic migration: substituting quantum-vulnerable algorithms with quantum-resistant ones. Official organizations were fast-paced. NIST finished multi-year assessments and started releasing quantum resistant algorithm specifications and migration direction. PQC relies on these new algorithms, which are lattices and codes, among other hard problems. Companies working with sensitive information that require a long period need to do migration now: software, TLS stacks, signing processes, and key management are complicated, and may lead to compatibility issues when done at the last moment. The world does not change in one day. In order to minimize risk with maintaining interoperability, a number of vendors employ hybrid cryptographic designs, which mix both classical algorithms and PQC algorithms. This makes sure that connections remain intact in the case when one component is compromised in future. Cloud and CDN vendors are on the front line: they put high-scale hybrid systems into practice and conduct experiments to defend web traffic against harvest-now attacks and to monitor the behavior of PQC in a production environment, performance, key sizes, and key management. This gradual, practical approach maintains operational services as it directs the ecosystem to quantum-resilient defaults. PQC isn’t the only solution.

Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is a quantum physics application/quantum property of photons that is used to create keys that identify eavesdropping. QKD provides information-theoretic key exchange in some special cases, yet it is limited: the distance, the cost of infrastructure, and the complexity of integrations. PQC and QKD are complementary in real world application: PQC can deliver software-upgradeable resistance on scale, whereas QKD can support niche ultra-high-security connections (government, critical infrastructure, research networks). Autonomous mobile robots are one of the fastest-growing segments of the robotics industry. During this live virtual training, you'll be introduced to safety protocols and best practices for working with mobile robots in industrial settings. Learn more and register now for upcoming training dates. Look forward to an ambivalent mixture of classical, post-quantum and quantum-enabled methods. The transition to the quantum-safe world is not purely technical.  It has a touch with governance, procurement, compliance and risk assessment. One must make a list of all systems with vulnerable crypto and make a decision on which data requires long-term protection. Migration should be prioritized to include secrets that cannot be disclosed within the coming years, such as medical records, long-term contracts and some research information. This has been implemented by numerous cloud and service providers who provide PQC options. Inquire of them on hybrid assistance, roll-outs, and cryptography agility. Regulators and other standards bodies are issuing roadmaps and guidance on migration. Concurring with such recommendations will reduce compliance risk and share best practices among the industries. Quantum computing can be included in the solution, not only the threat. Future security might be enhanced with algorithms of secure multiparty computation, enhanced primitives based on quantum generation of randomness, and better generation of keys. This is because with the maturity of hardware, quantum devices can be used to support new protocols, such as hardware-supported randomness or more powerful zero-knowledge constructions, which are more resistant to classical attacks. Complex cryptographic designs and weaknesses can also be analyzed faster with the help of quantum simulation. I. Create awareness and establish policy: Manage quantum risk as a strategic security issue, rather than a research niche. Determine long data usage, find the usage of RSA/ECC and other susceptible algorithms. III. Test PQC options:  PQC runs hybrid configuration in staging to quantify performance effects and compatibility problems. Most cloud/CDN vendors have published instructions and SDKs to this. IV. Plan for agility: The cryptographic agility architect systems include simple swaps of algorithms, key rotation automation, and modular TLS stacks. V. Engage vendors and peers: Discuss service provider roadmaps about PQC and exchange experience in industry groups. Shopkeepers have the power to increase mass relocation. VI. Monitor Hardware milestones: Take notice of well-known announcements in the industry by major quantum groups (IBM, Google, etc.) and standards organizations to revise timescales and risk estimates. Quantum computing will transform data security. It will prove certain old assumptions wrong, accelerate the necessity of quantum-resistant migration, and open new possibilities of cryptography. Most organizations have the immediate priority of being more pragmatic: inventory crypto usage, safeguard long-lived secrets, test and deploy post-quantum alternatives (usually in hybrid mode), and develop cryptographic agility. At the same time, quantum advances that increase defenses should be embraced by the security community, and not be feared. It will be several years before the transition can be completed, and it will have to be an industry and government partnership with close engineering. Nonetheless, by making better choices and taking a first step, we can make this disruptive change safer and more resilient into a digital future.

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