Q&A: The Imminent Threat of Quantum Computing on Encryption

Q&A: The imminent threat of quantum computing on encryption

In the latest episode of our podcast, Get With IT, we spoke with Mark Thacker, senior manager for product management for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, about the threat of quantum computing on encryption.  Here is an edited and abridged version of that conversation. Since we’re talking about the actual threat of quantum computers breaking very sophisticated encryptions, how would you describe the actual scale of that threat? Is that something we need…

Google Cloud has adopted two standards for its KMS solution. The standardization process is progressing fast, and the implementation of post-quantum encryption solutions is already making sense.