Quantum-Resistant Algorithms: Why They Matter
SearchCIO, Wednesday, April 9th, 2025
Quantum-resistant algorithms play a crucial role in post-quantum cryptography, which protects against threats on digital signatures and current encryption methods.
It's only a matter of time before quantum computers reach the point where they can break commonly used encryption algorithms such as Rivest-Shamir-Adleman, Diffie-Hellman and Advanced Encryption Standard. We're entering the world of post-quantum cryptography, and the inevitable loss of protection for sensitive encrypted data now drives the development of new quantum-resistant algorithms.
Quantum-resistant algorithms offer new approaches using more complex mathematical problems that are not easily solved by quantum computers. Since no one knows how secure these new algorithms will be, multiple methods are available, should one or more be broken.