Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. It may well come as a surprise to you that Google has been ...

For more than 40 years, we have been building the modern internet on foundations that were never designed for the world we live in today. When the architects of the early internet created its ...

Remember Nokia? Back before smartphones, many of us carried Nokia's nearly indestructible cell phones. They no longer make phones, but don't count Nokia out. Ever since the company was founded in 1865 ...

Quantum computing has been projected to enable market-defining and life-changing capabilities since its inception more than three decades ago. From financial portfolio optimization and improved ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the ...

Although quantum computing is not yet widespread, current encryption methods pose a significant risk of cyberattacks, the agency said. The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology this week ...

The world’s first post-quantum cryptography standards have been formalized by the US National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST). The standards provide organizations with a framework to secure ...

The crypto industry's reaction was that a quantum computing threat was still distant when Google unveiled its Willow quantum chip in December 2024. Bitcoin uses SHA-256 for mining and ECDSA for ...

One day soon, at a research lab near Santa Barbara or Seattle or a secret facility in the Chinese mountains, it will begin: the sudden unlocking of the world’s secrets. Your secrets. Cybersecurity ...

The day when quantum computers will be able to break conventional encryption is rapidly approaching, but not all companies are prepared to implement post-quantum cryptography. Quantum-safe encryption ...

Three NIST-approved encryption algorithms set the stage for establishing PQC strategies, which — despite quantum computing’s infancy — CISOs should begin launching given the attack techniques and ...

NIST wants agencies to move off current encryption by 2035, but analysts say that enterprises cannot wait nearly that long; state actors are expected to achieve quantum at scale by 2028. The US ...