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Quantum computing will soon crack today’s encryption methods. Here are 3 ways businesses can prepare

This video is part of: Centre for Cybersecurity

Tom Patterson is an expert on quantum technologies. Quantum computing will be a game-changer for humanity, he says. But alongside its staggering rise in capability there’s also an escalation in threat, challenging the encryption that underpins our digital world, from communication to commerce.

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