Industry committee  There needs to be education. There is no magic bullet. People are not sufficiently aware of the threat, and when they are told, they might panic. It's like global climate change. I know that time is limited, but trying to fix the issue will cost money but nothing near as much a

Industry committee  It depends what cryptographic system they are actually using. If they are depending on the systems that were developed in the eighties perhaps, then it is very much a threat. If they're using something else that they're not telling us about, then perhaps national security people

Industry committee  I think there should be a culture of not encouraging banks, enterprises or what have you that do not migrate to quantum-safe technologies. If they don't want to make the effort, then they should not be trusted and people should not do business with them. If there is a consensus o

Industry committee  In the financial sector if there is a leak of confidential data, that's a serious threat, of course; I should have said that. However, if you can decrypt it later, it's not entirely bad, because sometimes if you can decrypt in 10 years something that came out today, maybe it's n

Industry committee  “Harvest now and encrypt later” means there's no protection on the Internet that prevents all the data packets that go around everywhere around in the world from being intercepted. They can continue on their way, so it's not noticeable, but you can take them and store them. That'

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, everyone. Is it better if I speak in English?

Industry committee  Perfect. My name is Gilles Brassard. I am a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research at Université de Montréal. Let me speak in English and give my credentials, so that you know about me a little bit. I was involved in quantum information, inform