# Encryption upgrade in 2024 will keep data safe from quantum computers

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Published: 2023-12-31
Updated: 2023-12-31





Source: newscientist.com (https://www.newscientist.com/article/2408996-encryption-upgrade-in-2024-will-keep-data-safe-from-quantum-computers/)














The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been working on standardizing post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms since 2012.
Out of 82 submitted algorithms, NIST has shortlisted four, with a final decision expected in 2024 after a public consultation period.
Albrecht anticipates nation-state adversaries having quantum computers before criminal gangs, making the practical implementation of quantum computers for encryption cracking a distant possibility.