Cryptography & Challenges posed by Quantum Computers

Hughes Systique24 Jan, 2024Business

Most of the security protocols today employ a combination of symmetric key encryption and asymmetric key encryption. Asymmetric key algorithms are computationally expensive but provide ease of use since their public keys can be easily distributed. Symmetric key algorithms are many times faster than asymmetric key algorithms. However, it is a challenge to distribute symmetric keys among participants.