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This is particularly concerning for long-lived credentials and non-human identities, prompting organizations to prioritize a quantum-resistant cryptography migration starting with credential management.","Quantum computers threaten current encryption, making harvested data vulnerable.","https:\u002F\u002Fthehackernews.com\u002F2026\u002F06\u002Fwhy-post-quantum-cryptography-starts.html","https:\u002F\u002Fblogger.googleusercontent.com\u002Fimg\u002Fb\u002FR29vZ2xl\u002FAVvXsEgufw7UrtG2RgRTMvdhUaNVywdIBuSIRFLngtWMIY_3fzq7gzTZnlL7KMi_kzPhfpdny4vP5Rd9QVLpkX9xR5Vpk0cVvDV8Xsy4wljRyA5TjKvojsoBsYJt7yhhk1VK46OegGewBgqi-c41Z5mX5Ivos1PMrgrrmgLZKUJ8hqb4xl8o85sB7jQJLvI3gj0\u002Fs1600\u002Fkeeper.jpg","2026-06-29T11:42:16+00:00","2026-06-29T12:00:21.988567+00:00",7,[17,20,22,24,26,28],{"name":18,"type":19},"elliptic curve cryptography","technology",{"name":21,"type":19},"RSA",{"name":23,"type":19},"AES-256",{"name":25,"type":19},"public-key cryptography",{"name":27,"type":19},"symmetric encryption",{"name":29,"type":19},"Non-Human Identities","0493c7e9-989a-4692-b4e6-136f5ec09675",{"id":30,"icon":32,"name":33,"slug":34},null,"Cryptography","cryptography",[36,38,43,48],{"category":37},{"id":30,"icon":32,"name":33,"slug":34},{"category":39},{"id":40,"icon":32,"name":41,"slug":42},"6cbdd207-aaa1-4176-9534-e156b125e917","Nation-state","nation-state",{"category":44},{"id":45,"icon":32,"name":46,"slug":47},"c5c77cdb-f7d7-4990-9436-c81dcbff1163","Policy","policy",{"category":49},{"id":50,"icon":32,"name":51,"slug":52},"e7b231c8-5f79-4465-8d38-1ef13aea5a14","Threat Intelligence","threat-intelligence",[],[],{"controls":56,"vendors":86},[57],{"slug":58,"name":59,"problem":60,"products":61},"encryption-key-management","Encryption and key management","Stolen data stays unreadable, and the keys stay under your control.",[62,70,78],{"vendor_slug":63,"vendor_name":64,"vendor_logo":65,"product_slug":66,"product_name":67,"url":68,"description":69},"utimaco","Utimaco","\u002Fvendor-logos\u002Futimaco.png","utimaco-hsm","Utimaco General Purpose HSM","https:\u002F\u002Futimaco.com\u002Fdata-protection\u002Fgp-hsm","Hardware security modules for key generation, storage and cryptographic operations.",{"vendor_slug":71,"vendor_name":72,"vendor_logo":73,"product_slug":74,"product_name":75,"url":76,"description":77},"hashicorp","HashiCorp","\u002Fvendor-logos\u002Fhashicorp.png","vault","HashiCorp Vault","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hashicorp.com\u002Fen\u002Fproducts\u002Fvault","Secrets management with short-lived credentials and encryption as a service.",{"vendor_slug":79,"vendor_name":80,"vendor_logo":81,"product_slug":82,"product_name":83,"url":84,"description":85},"thales","Thales","\u002Fvendor-logos\u002Fthales.png","luna-hsm","Thales Luna HSM","https:\u002F\u002Fcpl.thalesgroup.com\u002Fencryption\u002Fhardware-security-modules","Hardware security modules for protecting cryptographic keys.",[],{"slug":88,"title":89,"body":90,"framework_refs":91,"framework_notes":102},"quantum-computing-threatens-todays-encrypted-data-via-harvest-now-decrypt-later","Quantum Computing Threatens Today's Encrypted Data via 'Harvest Now, Decrypt Later'","The rise of quantum computing introduces a long-horizon but urgent threat: attackers are already harvesting encrypted data today with the intent to decrypt it once sufficiently powerful quantum computers become available. Current public-key cryptography standards like RSA and elliptic curve cryptography will be rendered obsolete by quantum algorithms, exposing long-lived secrets, credentials, and non-human identities. Organizations that delay migration to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) risk having years of sensitive communications and credentials retroactively exposed. This matters most for data with long confidentiality requirements, such as government secrets, financial records, and persistent machine identities. 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