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To make quantum-resistant ("unable to be easily deciphered by a quantum computer").
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All this means that quantum-proofing the internet is shaping up to be an expensive, protracted and probably incomplete job.
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Finally, enterprises should implement a migration path to begin quantum-proofing their existing technology and retiring technology not built to support post-quantum algorithms.
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology is in the process of evaluating new encryption systems that could be rolled out to quantum-proof the internet.
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Synonym of quantum-resistant (“unable to be easily deciphered by a quantum computer”).
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Researchers and government intelligence agencies are scrambling to develop quantum-proof encryption techniques, but figuring out how to export these techniques to the uniquely hostile space environment has proven difficult.
Quantum-proof encryption uses algorithms that cannot be cracked by any computer, regardless of how fast it is.
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In the UK, all government data classified as "top secret" is already "post-quantum" - that is, using new forms of encryption which researchers hope will be quantum-proof.