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The End of Encryption? – The Era of Quantum Computers

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Security-Related Advanced Technologies in Critical Infrastructure Protection

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The twenty-first century cannot be imagined without ICT and the excessive use of the internet. Even more so in our current state of (post-) Covid. People work, communicate, and live online. For this reason, information security is more important than ever. However, the awareness regarding ICT related security threats have not increased significantly in the past decades. In present paper we introduce the traditional identification methodologies focusing on the computational capacity these require to be cracked, since the purpose is to demonstrate, how quantum computers will bring about a new era of encryption, where traditional methodologies will be easily cracked by brute force. In current paper we try to draw attention to the fact, that cryptography needs to undergo radical changes, in order to adapt to the coming challenges posed by quantum computers.

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Szikora, P., Lazányi, K. (2022). The End of Encryption? – The Era of Quantum Computers. In: Kovács, T.A., Nyikes, Z., Fürstner, I. (eds) Security-Related Advanced Technologies in Critical Infrastructure Protection. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2174-3_5

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