“Q Day” Is Coming: Is the World Prepared?

Ian Munroe / CIGI Online / 7.11.24

Read the full article from CIGI Online here.

QuSecure co-founder and CEO, Rebecca Krauthamer serves as a key voice in this urgent exploration of quantum computing’s threat to global cybersecurity, emphasizing that quantum and classical computers are completely different. Most alarmingly, she warns we may never know when “Q Day” arrives because those who first develop cryptographically relevant quantum computers will likely keep this capability secret, just as WWII codebreakers did with cracking the Enigma machine. Her company is racing to develop post-quantum cybersecurity solutions while governments are already believed to be conducting “harvest now, decrypt later” attacks – collecting encrypted data today to decode once quantum computers emerge, with Krauthamer confirming: “It is absolutely happening now.”

This makes the full article essential reading for understanding how quantum computing could fundamentally reshape global security and digital trust.