Future, more powerful quantum computers are a major threat to data security: they will be able to break an important part of the encryption methods used today.

The fact that future quantum computers already pose a threat to currently used encryption technologies is based on the concept of “harvest now, decrypt later” – this is a strategy used by attackers to intercept and store encrypted data now in order to decrypt it in the future using a quantum computer.

Companies and organizations that need to secure sensitive data over long periods of time, for example in the government, finance or healthcare sectors, must take effective measures now to protect their data from this “harvest now, decrypt later” strategy.

In a recent press release, the German Federal Office for Security and Information Technology has drawn attention to this serious threat with corresponding recommendations for action. The relevant documents are available here:

https://www.bsi.bund.de/EN/Themen/Unternehmen-und-Organisationen/Standards-und-Zertifizierung/Technische-Richtlinien/TR-nach-Thema-sortiert/tr02102/tr02102_node.html

fragmentiX storage appliances enable companies and organizations to demonstrably protect data with information-theoretical security (ITS) against current and future quantum computing attacks.