Abstract
At its heart, cryptography has always been about confidentiality, accessibility, and integrity. These things matter – not just to keep data secure, but also to ensure that information is accessed by the right person at the right time, and in the safest possible way. With the world relying increasingly on digital payments, online authorization, and cloud-based access, we need cryptography to be smarter and more prescient than ever.
In recent years, a new threat has emerged to traditional cryptography. With unprecedented advances in quantum computing, it’s thought that within the next few years, a cryptographically relevant quantum computer (CRQC) will be able to break the cryptographic methods we’ve been using for decades. When this happens, all our sensitive data – in every industry – will be at risk.
It’s a key point for identity and payment tech.
