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Post-quantum cryptography and the quantum future of cybersecurity

Yi-Kai Liu and Dustin Moody
Phys. Rev. Applied 21, 040501 – Published 9 April 2024

Abstract

We review the current status of efforts to develop and deploy post-quantum cryptography on the Internet. Then we suggest specific ways in which quantum technologies might be used to enhance cybersecurity in the near future and beyond. We focus on two goals: protecting the secret keys that are used in classical cryptography, and ensuring the trustworthiness of quantum computations. These goals may soon be within reach, thanks to recent progress in both theory and experiment. This progress includes interactive protocols for testing quantumness as well as for performing uncloneable cryptographic computations; and experimental demonstrations of device-independent random number generators, device-independent quantum key distribution, quantum memories, and analog quantum simulators.

  • Received 31 March 2023
  • Revised 21 December 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.21.040501

Published by the American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Quantum Information, Science & TechnologyCondensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Yi-Kai Liu1,2,* and Dustin Moody1

  • 1National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
  • 2Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS), NIST/University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA

  • *yi-kai.liu@nist.gov

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Vol. 21, Iss. 4 — April 2024

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