On one side quantum computers so powerful they can defeat the world’s cybersecurity systems. On the other, new algorithms that can resist the onslaught… In the 1990s, two researchers Peter Shor and ...

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One exception to the industry-wide lethargy is the engineering team that designs the Signal Protocol, the open source engine ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Cryptographic algorithms are the backbone of secure data and communication. When deployed ...

Today, our most sensitive information is generally encrypted—from your personal messages, banking and health information to things like classified military documents and companies' trade secrets. But ...

A formula used to turn ordinary data, or "plaintext," into a secret coded message known as "ciphertext." The ciphertext can reside in storage or travel over unsecure networks without its contents ...

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