UK organizations face a monumental task in preparing for the challenges posed by post-quantum computing, with the NCSC labeling it a 'colossal task'. The ten-year initiative involves identifying vulnerable cryptographic code and developing strategies to mitigate risks from potential future quantum computers. Experts warn that these advancements could jeopardize current encryption standards used in banking and online transactions, highlighting nationwide concerns about national security. The NCSC aims for the UK to transition to more secure post-quantum cryptography methods by 2035, paralleling past efforts to address the millennium bug.
The transformation needed for organisations in the UK to be ready for the threat of post-quantum computing will make preparations for the millennium bug look easy, cyber chiefs said today.
Preparing for post-quantum cryptography (PQC) will take a complex change programme and would be a colossal task, according to Ollie Whitehouse, the chief technology officer of the NCSC.
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