![]() intelligence community released an archive of 2,900 Soviet intelligence messages, decrypted years after they had been transmitted. ![]() The goal is to develop cryptographic systems that are “secure against both quantum and classical computers and can interoperate with existing communications protocols and networks.” The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is looking at the post-quantum cryptography, also known as quantum-resistant cryptography, issue. Their signals intelligence entities are no doubt engaging in the equivalent of a “hoover vacuum” exercise in acquiring encrypted communications going to and from targets of interest for future cryptoanalysis and exploitation. Two nations with such resources are, China and Russia. Nation-state actors with the resources are likely taking actions now to prepare for the day when quantum computing can crack standard encryption methods. Quantum computing may have a deleterious effect on continued security of data encrypted with today’s digital cryptographic system. Moore warned, “Our adversaries are pouring money and ambition into mastering artificial intelligence, quantum computing and synthetic biology, because they know that mastering these technologies will give them leverage. The huge volumes of data now available across the globe, combined with ever increasing computer power and advances in data science, will mean the integration of artificial intelligence, AI, into almost every aspect of our daily lives.” Advances in quantum engineering and engineered biology will change entire industries. Jeffery Moore, chief of UK’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI-6), summed it up nicely when he spoke at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) on November 30, on Human Intelligence in a Digital Age: “We live in a world transformed by digital connectivity and stand on the cusp of revolutionary advances in technology which will affect the way we live and work in ways we cannot fully foresee. Much has been bantered about how advances in quantum computing will adversely affect the ability of companies and governments to keep secret information, well, secret.
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