Are we approa­ching the Q‑Day?

Experts regu­lar­ly share their insights on the Secu­ri­ty Insi­der pod­cast, whe­re cur­rent topics rela­ted to IT secu­ri­ty, data pro­tec­tion, and com­pli­ance are dis­cus­sed. Epi­so­de 99 focu­ses on Quan­tum Com­pu­ters. In this edi­ti­on, Secu­ri­ty Insi­der edi­tor Mela­nie Stau­dach­er talks with Prof. Dr. Chris­toph Becher from the Quan­tum Optics rese­arch group at the Uni­ver­si­tät des Saar­lan­des (UdS) about the so-cal­led Q‑Day – the day when Quan­tum Com­pu­ters will be capa­ble of brea­king today’s encryp­ti­on methods. In the pod­cast, he not only explains the cur­rent sta­te of Quan­tum Com­pu­ting and the risks and oppor­tu­ni­ties asso­cia­ted with this tech­no­lo­gy, but also dis­cus­ses various encryp­ti­on tech­ni­ques and Quan­tum Phy­sics Fun­da­men­tals such as Quan­tum Key Dis­tri­bu­ti­on (QKD) and Quan­tum Tele­por­ta­ti­on. Click here to lis­ten to the inter­view.