The European Union (EU) must prepare for quantum cyberattacks and adopt a new coordinated action plan to ensure a harmonized transition to post-quantum encryption to tackle quantum cybersecurity threats of the future. That’s according to a new discussion paper written by Andrea G. Rodr?guez, lead digital policy analyst at the European Policy Centre.
Advances in quantum computing put Europe’s cybersecurity at risk by rendering current encryption systems obsolete and creating new cybersecurity challenges, Rodr?guez wrote. This is often coined “Q-Day” – the point at which quantum computers will break existing cryptographic algorithms – and experts believe this will occur in the next five to ten years, potentially leaving all digital information vulnerable to malicious actors under current encryption protocols.
