Abstract

We review the current status of efforts to develop and deploy post-quantum cryptography on the Internet. Then we suggest specific ways in which quantum technologies might be used to enhance cybersecurity in the near future and beyond. We focus on two goals: protecting the secret keys that are used in classical cryptography, and ensuring the trustworthiness of quantum computations. These goals may soon be within reach, thanks to recent progress in both theory and experiment. This progress includes interactive protocols for testing quantumness as well as for performing uncloneable cryptographic computations; and experimental demonstrations of device-independent random number generators, device-independent quantum key distribution, quantum memories, and analog quantum simulators.

Publication Details
Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2024
Volume
21
Number of Pages
040501
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevApplied.21.040501
URL
https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.21.040501
Journal
Phys. Rev. Appl.
Contributors
Date Published
04/2024