The post-quantum future: challenges and opportunities
Feb 25, 2022Sofía Celi, Nick Sullivan

Summary
This post introduces the challenge of post-quantum cryptography and its implications for website security and threat management. It highlights the need to protect confidentiality and authentication against quantum adversaries, discusses the complexities of migrating TLS and other foundational internet protocols to quantum-resistant algorithms, and emphasizes the opportunity to rethink and improve the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to better handle these future threats.
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