Ask most people what the biggest threat in IT is, and they’ll say “AI” — hailed for productivity and feared for job loss. Yet the more consequential risk may be waiting offstage. Quantum computing, a field overshadowed by the AI frenzy, has the power to render current cryptography algorithms useless and, as a result, turn everyday electronic secure communications into a free-for-all. What is quantum computing? Let’s take a step back and explain what quantum computing...
