Microsoft’s quiet announcement at its Build event offering post-quantum cryptography (PQC) to Windows and Linux users marks a pivotal shift in cybersecurity.
Post-quantum encryption is quickly becoming mainstream. This move comes as the industry braces for “Y2Q,” the theoretical moment quantum computers could crack current encryption. Amid “harvest now, decrypt later” concerns, the NCSC has urged a full PQC migration by 2035.
Preparation for PQC implementation goes beyond just the algorithms though, with changes in the ways our hardware and software work also needed to accommodate new protocols. Our VP of Engineering Graeme Hickey has been quoted in the article – “memory issues are a key example “because PQC doesn’t necessarily lend itself to low memory footprint in the way classical crypto did.”
Read Graeme’s further thoughts and the full article in The Stack.