DISA Seeks Encryption That Quantum Computers Can’t Break
DISA will use OTA contracting to develop an encryption model that can’t be broken by quantum computers.
By Barry Rosenberg on May 31, 2019 at 11:10 AM
WASHINGTON: Technologists talk about quantum computing the way Scotty on Star Trek mused about the possibility of ion propulsion — in hushed tones reserved for an unknowable but clearly life-altering technology. That’s the way it is today with quantum computing, which is said to be able to break all known encryption and obviate everything we’ve known about cybersecurity up to this point.
To close the gap between what the Defense Department knows and doesn’t know about how quantum computing will affect its ability to secure its algorithms and cryptographic solutions, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is employing its Other Transaction Authority contracting capability to issue a request for whitepapers on a potential encryption model that can’t be broken by quantum computing.
https://breakingdefense.com/2019/05/disa-seeks-encryption-that-quantum-computers-cant-break/
