post-quantum cryptography Archives

Aerial view of the Pentagon building in Arlington, Va., on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

What the Pentagon’s new post-quantum cryptography directive means for defense contractors

The Defense Department wants to introduce PQC requirements into the CMMC program, but experts warn industry and the underlying technology is far from ready.

5 days ago By Mikayla Easley

A quantum computer at The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Information Directorate in Rome, New York is used to conduct experiments to improve quantum computing and networking. (U.S. Air Force photo / Keith Lewis)

Uncertain quantum future presents ‘existential threat’ to US military missions, DOD warns

The Pentagon’s new Post-Quantum Cryptography Strategy aims to prepare America’s defense enterprise for an “unpredictable quantum future state.”

Jun 25, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

IonQ’s Niccolo de Masi on securing data for the quantum era

Niccolo de Masi | Chairman & CEO | IonQ

Dec 17, 2025 By Scoop News Group

DOD braces for time, scale needed to modernize defenses against quantum hacking

“We’ve got to think ahead as to what the adversary might be working on and develop algorithms that are there in time to meet the adversary’s ability…

Oct 24, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

President Joe Biden looks at a quantum computer as he tours the IBM facility in Poughkeepsie, New York, on October 6, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Don’t look now: The next generation of cybersecurity threats is already here

With the advent of quantum computing, a new level of cybersecurity concerns arise.

May 17, 2023 By Adm. (Ret.) John Richardson

White House launches plan to safeguard US infrastructure against quantum computers of the future

Future quantum computers might break much of the cryptography that currently protects modern digital communication on the internet.

May 4, 2022 By Brandi Vincent