Quantum technology for military applications

Quantum technology is an emergent and potentially disruptive discipline, with the ability to affect many human activities.

These technologies for military applications introduce new capabilities, improving effectiveness and increasing precision, thus leading to ‘quantum warfare’, wherein new military strategies, doctrines, policies and ethics should be established.

There are many applications that can be discussed about quantum warfare, but surely one of the most urgent regards cryptography.

The post-quantum cryptography implementation is the must-have technology that should be carried out as soon as possible. The risk that hostile intelligence is gathering encrypted data with the expectation of future decryption using the power of quantum computers is real, high and present. This applies to military, intelligence and government sectors as well as to industry or academia where secrets and confidential data are exchanged or stored. The current trend is to start preparing the infrastructure for implementing quantum crypto-agility when the certified (standardised) post-quantum cryptography becomes ready to deploy.

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