Quantum technology is increasingly in the news of late. Headlines discuss quantum’s impact on national security encryption, computing, communications and more. It is safe to say quantum will have an impact on national security. But because quantum tech is still nascent it’s less clear when and how this impact will materialize. This lack of clarity can make it difficult for government leaders to prepare their organizations for a quantum future. On the one hand, how do you prepare for the unknowns of a nascent technology? On the other, waiting around for quantum tech to mature could mean organizational change occurs too late.
Even if we aren’t sure of the timeline, quantum technology has advanced to the point that we generally know it will have a significant impact on how information is computed, what types of encryption are useful, and even how we securely communicate. Luckily, there are pragmatic ways to prepare.
Quantum technologies, such as quantum computers, encryption, radars and more, rely on properties of quantum mechanics to process and share information in almost entirely new ways. The novelty of quantum mechanics applied in information technologies will likely revolutionize how we understand and use the information around us—much like personal computers and the internet have.
Perhaps the most well-known form of quantum technology is the quantum computer. Quantum computers offer such a novel way of computing information that they promise to solve complex computational problems exponentially faster than current computers. Problems that would otherwise take traditional computers thousands of years to solve co ..
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