Quantum cryptography represents the next line of IT security

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A breakthrough in quantum or molecular computing could leave today’s
computers-and IT security systems-in the dust. High performance
organizations are already looking at how quantum cryptography can
provide both competitive differentiation and a new line of defense
against the cleverest marauders of the information age.
Point of View
By Roland Hengerer,
Martin Illsley and
David Black
Quantum cryptography represents
the next line of IT securityBeyond viruses and worms, Accenture Technology Labs
believes that one of the biggest looming security threats to
individual, company and government data is likely to come
from breakthroughs in quantum or molecular computing-
breakthroughs that will leave today’s computers in the dust.
Quantum computing, for example, promises an increase in
processing power so dramatic it will be a “greater step than
the move from the abacus to the calculating computer.”1
This, in turn, will threaten the very foundation of data
encryption today, which relies on long strings of numbers
that are practically impossible to decipher with current
computing resources. While quantum computing seems
to be years from practical application, it could unleash a
hacker’s “killer app” that breaks through security defenses.
In response to this and other threats,
pioneering businesses and
government groups are looking to
quantum cryptography, which also
emerges from the field of quantum
physics, to stay a step ahead of
enterprising computer criminals.
Researchers at Accenture believe that
quantum cryptography offers an
important new line of defense-as
well as an opportunity for competitive
differentiation for early adopters of
the technology.
Key” strength of
quantum cryptography
Any security system is only as strong
as…