Congress should establish, fund new quantum tech initiative to beat China: Panel
The 2025 annual US-China Commission report also urges lawmakers bolster funding to the US Space Force to establish "space superiority" against the PLA.
The 2025 annual US-China Commission report also urges lawmakers bolster funding to the US Space Force to establish "space superiority" against the PLA.
“This is the starting gun for what may be the single largest overhaul of US government communication systems since the adoption of the Internet, as ordered by the President in National Security Memorandum 10,” said RAND scientist Edward Parker. “It will probably go on for decades and will cost billions of dollars.”
The National Institute of Standards & Technology is about to release its long-awaited "post-quantum encryption" algorithms. Then comes the hard part: installing them everywhere.
New “quantum resistant” encryption standards won’t be finalized until next year, but officials and experts say agencies and industry should start hunting vulnerabilities hidden in their software and hardware, including embedded chips critical to US weapons.