New technology means new opportunities for innovation, but it also enables malicious hackers to cook up new cyberattacks. We always have to be on the lookout for new threats, even if they’re still looming on the horizon. There's one day in particular that every security researcher has marked in their diary, however, and that's "Q-Day" – the moment when quantum computing becomes powerful enough to break current encryption standards.
Living in a “post-quantum future” might sound like something straight out of a sci-fi blockbuster, but it’s something that we all need to prepare for. Quantum computers are real, advancing fast, and could eventually upend the technologies we use to encrypt data. That includes VPNs, which rely heavily on current encryption standards to protect our internet traffic.
