The next generation of encryption standards being developed out of the United States will be impenetrable, even by the country’s top code crackers, and resistant to quantum computers, according to NSA Cybersecurity Director Rob Joyce.
“There are no backdoors,” Joyce told Bloomberg May 13, referring to hidden flaws that enable hackers to break encryption.
The development of quantum computers is putting at risk the standardized encryption keys that secure emails, online banking, medical records, some national security systems, and more.
There is a race to understand and develop quantum computing technology, and China’s strides concern Joyce.
Put simply, quantum computers are a new and developing technology that exploit quantum mechanical phenomena to solve mathematical problems that today’s conventional computers cannot.
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