The Real Date of the Quantum Computing Apocalypse and What the White House Says We’ll Do About It

Will quantum computers be able to crack RSA this decade? Maybe. But figuring out that exact date is not what you and your organization should be worried about. A memorandum issued by the White House reveals when the quantum computing apocalypse will begin as far as information security boots on the ground are concerned. Join Host Konstantinos Karagiannis for a deep dive into the NSM-10 memo and its near-term ramifications for the private sector.
To read the NSM-10 memo, visit www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/04/national-security-memorandum-on-promoting-united-states-leadership-in-quantum-computing-while-mitigating-risks-to-vulnerable-cryptographic-systems/.
Papers mentioned:
Where we get estimates for cracking RSA (https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.07995) and blockchain (https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.06752).
The Chinese paper on factoring with a “smaller” quantum computer than expected: https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.12372.
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