Algorithms for encrypting computer data come in two main varieties: symmetric and asymmetric. Each encryption type has inherent strengths and weaknesses. Symmetric algorithms convert plain-text ...

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Quantum computing is a catalyst for rethinking how organizations govern, secure and manage cryptographic systems.

The algorithm, sometimes referred to as single DES, uses a 56-bit key to encrypt blocks of data, and can produce up to 72 trillion unique keys.

This tactic has a name: “harvest now, decrypt later.” ...

With experts suggesting that quantum computers will decrypt public key algorithms by 2030, quantum risk cryptography is becoming vital.

Once quantum computers become functional, experts warn, they could perform calculations exponentially faster than classical computers—potentially enabling them to destroy the encryption that ...