Key idea: The acceleration in quantum computing has made leaps and bounds, and businesses are already anticipating the future of quantum.
Original author and publication date: James Cook (CPO Magazine) – December 29, 2022
Futurizonte Editor’s Note: If the future is quantum, is the future of human consciousness also quantum-related?
From the article:
Faster development of vaccines and green battery technology, as well as deeper analytics and faster trading in the financial markets – these are just some of the benefits that countries in APAC are looking to achieve as they adopt quantum computing. In China, the government has allocated US$10 billion to the construction of the National Laboratory for Quantum Information Sciences in 2020. In Singapore, they have launched the National Quantum Computing Hub and the National Quantum Safe-Network. The acceleration in quantum computing has made leaps and bounds, and businesses are already anticipating the future of quantum.
While quantum computing will bring about massive changes and value across various industries, it also introduces new and much more dangerous threats.
Quantum computing could drastically cut down the time needed to crack the strong cryptographic algorithms we rely on today – potentially from decades to minutes.
Although cyber security leaders might think they have time to prepare, the post-quantum era has already begun – and many companies are currently ill-equipped to handle such development.
In a study by (ISC)², the global cyber security workforce needs to grow by 65% to effectively prepare and defend against cyber threats. It is proving difficult for security teams to handle day-to-day cyber threats, let alone prepare for those powered by quantum technology. The same study also highlights that this is particularly dire within the APAC region, which has a cyber security workforce gap of 1.42 million.
There is an urgent need for organizations to prepare themselves for the quantum computing era – and the sooner they start, the better.
