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April 10, 2022 07:34 am
Original Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/04/10/024244/us-military-makes-significant-effort-in-quantum-resistant-cryptography?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&u
US Military Makes 'Significant Effort' in Quantum-Resistant Cryptography
David Spirk, the chief data officer for America's Department of Defense, "called for the Pentagon to make urgent investments to defend against potential espionage from quantum computers" that could crack the encryption on sensitive data, Bloomberg reports:"I don't think that there's enough senior leaders getting their heads around the implications of quantum," Spirk said. "Like AI, I think that's a new wave of compute that when it arrives is going to be a pretty shocking moment to industry and government alike." "We have to pick up pace because we have competitors who are also attempting to accelerate," he added. Spirk's comments come amid warnings that U.S. adversaries, particularly China, are aggressively pursuing advanced technologies that could radically accelerate the pace of modern warfare. China is investing in AI and quantum sciences as part of its plan to become an innovation superpower, according to the Pentagon's latest annual report to Congress on China's military power. China is "at or near the lead on numerous science fields," including AI and quantum, it said. The National Security Agency, meanwhile, said last year that the adversarial use of a quantum computer "could be devastating" to the U.S. and its national security systems. The NSA said it could take 20 years or more to roll out new post-quantum cryptography that would resist such code-cracking. Tim Gorman, a spokesperson at the Pentagon, said the Department of Defense was taking post-quantum cryptography seriously and coordinating with Congress and across government agencies. He added there was "a significant effort" underway. A January presidential memo further charged agencies with establishing a timeline for transitioning to quantum resistant cryptography.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/04/10/024244/us-military-makes-significant-effort-in-quantum-resistant-cryptography?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&u
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