A quantum security leap?

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By Davey Winder
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What is quantum security, what are the real world implications for the enterprise and is it really unbreakable? Davey Winder has been investigating...

"A practical application may allow cardholders to get cash out of ATMs using their quantum cards that are able to securely communicate with the ATM over the air" Cabuk predicts, concluding "enterprises may also improve their security posture by exchanging sensitive information over the network securely".

Assuming that is, as Pam Cawthorn concludes "the industry develops devices used in quantum communications that are sensitive enough to detect any change in qubit states".

Albert Einstein once famously said that "God does not play dice" while objecting to the notion of uncertainty and randomness in the quantum physics he helped discover. When it comes to quantum security, however, I would suggest that there is still just too much uncertainty to be taking it too seriously. For sure, the ITsec practitioner should not play dice...

Davey Winder
Davey Winder

Davey is a three-decade veteran technology journalist specialising in cybersecurity and privacy matters and has been a Contributing Editor at PC Pro magazine since the first issue was published in 1994. He's also a Senior Contributor at Forbes, and co-founder of the Forbes Straight Talking Cyber video project that won the ‘Most Educational Content’ category at the 2021 European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards.

Davey has also picked up many other awards over the years, including the Security Serious ‘Cyber Writer of the Year’ title in 2020. As well as being the only three-time winner of the BT Security Journalist of the Year award (2006, 2008, 2010) Davey was also named BT Technology Journalist of the Year in 1996 for a forward-looking feature in PC Pro Magazine called ‘Threats to the Internet.’ In 2011 he was honoured with the Enigma Award for a lifetime contribution to IT security journalism which, thankfully, didn’t end his ongoing contributions - or his life for that matter.

You can follow Davey on Twitter @happygeek, or email him at davey@happygeek.com.