How do we prepare our cybersecurity for a post quantum world? This week, Technology Now explores how security experts are looking to future-proofing their work. We will examine the hurdles to post-quantum security, the underlying ways in which our data is protected, and we will be delving into the underground world of “harvest now, decrypt later”. Dr Sarah McCarthy tells us more.

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About Dr Sarah McCarthy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahmccarthyphd/?originalSubdomain=ca

Sources

Quantum computing chip:

https://blog.google/technology/research/google-willow-quantum-chip/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c791ng0zvl3o

NIST Post Quantum Standards: https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/08/nist-releases-first-3-finalized-post-quantum-encryption-standards

Martian aurora: https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/mars/nasa-observes-first-visible-light-auroras-at-mars/

Rutherford’s Lecture: https://web.lemoyne.edu/giunta/ruth1920.html

James Chadwick: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1935/chadwick/biographical/