Quantum Encryption Is On The Verge Of Solving The '100-Year Problem' In Data Security
Michele Mosca is co-founder and Deputy Director of the Institute for Quantum Computing, and a founding member of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
He's got a front row seat to all things quantum computing and encryption. The area is still in a nascent phase but it already has the potential to solve a number of problems for high-level organizations that need to crunch lots of numbers and transmit data securely.
Quantum encryption relies on the quirky world of quantum physics to transmit cryptographic keys used for decoding messages. If a key should be intercepted en route, it changes as soon as it's "captured" and can no longer be used. It sounds like sci-fi, but it's one of the tenets of the quantum world — to observe something is to change it. There's a quick primer on the topic here if you want to learn more.
