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'Quantum-safe' Cryptography
Quantum computers use properties of quantum mechanics to compute in a fundamentally different way from today’s ‘classical’, computers. A quantum computer – theoretically – could break some types of cryptography currently used to protect classified systems. The NCSC has designed its first ‘quantum-safe’ cryptographic algorithms, designed to be resilient to such attacks. Next year the NCSC is aiming to get the quantum-safe version of our network cryptographic protocol PRIME ready for vendor use.
