{"id":668143,"date":"2025-05-09T17:40:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T14:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/uks-digital-defences-need-colossal-overhaul-for-quantum-era\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T17:40:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T14:40:23","slug":"uks-digital-defences-need-colossal-overhaul-for-quantum-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/uks-digital-defences-need-colossal-overhaul-for-quantum-era\/","title":{"rendered":"UK\u2019s digital defences need \u2018colossal\u2019 overhaul for quantum era"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3318b70e63d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3318b70e63d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/uks-digital-defences-need-colossal-overhaul-for-quantum-era\/#The_race_to_secure_systems_against_quantum_threats\" >The race to secure systems against quantum threats<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image?fit=796%2C417&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2024%2F09%2Fmicrosoft-quantum-machine-e1725968711573.jpeg&amp;signature=9c2c577068eee3dfd1a3612ea5d7babd\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Britain requires a \u201ccolossal\u201d overhaul of its cybersecurity systems to defend against future quantum computers, the UK\u2019s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warned this week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking at the CYBERUK conference in Manchester, the body\u2019s CTO Ollie Whitehouse urged organisations to start preparing now for a sweeping transformation in how digital security is built and maintained \u2014 warning of grave consequences if they don\u2019t.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quantum computers, once they reach a certain power threshold, could render current encryption methods obsolete. They could break security protocols that protect everything from financial transactions and medical records to military communications.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A critical part of preparing for this future is adopting post-quantum cryptography (PQC), Whitehouse said. PQC <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aims to defend against potential cyberattacks from quantum computers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It involves designing new encryption algorithms based on mathematical problems that are hard for both classical and quantum computers to solve. These algorithms are then integrated into existing systems to replace vulnerable encryption methods.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whitehouse stressed, though, that the move to PQC won\u2019t just be a software upgrade. It will require a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cdecade-long, national-scale <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> change programme to uplift the foundations of our connected systems,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In March, the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NCSC published <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsc.gov.uk\/guidance\/pqc-migration-timelines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">guidance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> setting out clear timelines for the UK\u2019s migration to PQC. It advised organisations to complete migration to PQC of all their systems, services, and products by 2035.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_race_to_secure_systems_against_quantum_threats\"><\/span><b>The race to secure systems against quantum threats<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Across the world, governments are scrambling to prepare themselves for a world occupied by powerful quantum machines. Last year, the US <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Institute of Standards and Technology<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (NIST) released several algorithms believed to be secure from quantum hacking.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is also a cohort of tech startups that have emerged to help organisations get ready. One of them is UK-based <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PQShield, which <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">raised $37mn last year<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for its software and hardware-based <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PQC<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> solutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s still uncertain, however, whether PQC<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will withstand future quantum attacks, as no one knows how powerful the machines will ultimately become. That\u2019s why other companies and governments are exploring Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), which uses quantum mechanics to securely transmit encryption keys as particles of light. These photons carry qubits \u2014 the basic units of quantum information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crucially, it is impossible to \u201clisten in\u201d on a QKD message without disturbing the quantum states. It would instantly alert both parties to eavesdropping. This makes the technology \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">unt<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>able<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the NCSC, however, the primary safeguard against quantum threats, at least for now, is migrating to PQC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whitehouse described it as \u201ca complex change programme that makes fixing the Millennium Bug look easy,\u201d a nod to the massive efforts in the late 1990s to update computer systems unable to handle dates past 1999.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The future of tech\u00a0is a key theme of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/41IbD3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen934287_1021=\"658\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen934287_1021=\"658\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time934287_1021=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired934287_1021=\"1\">TNW Conference<\/a>, which takes place on June 19-20 in Amsterdam. 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