Anand Oswal explains that quantum computers use qubits, which can represent both one and zero at once through superposition.
“Because of a property known as superposition, qubits can be both one and zero at the same time.”
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Anand Oswal says the digital world has relied on public key cryptography as a foundation of trust for about fifty years.
“For the last fifty years, our digital world has relied on a foundation of trust built on public key cryptography.”
Anand Oswal says experts including Gartner estimate that a cryptographically relevant quantum computer capable of breaking global encryption will exist by the end of the 2020s.
“experts like Gartner, McKenzie and others estimate that by end of this decade, a cryptographically relevant quantum computer will be capable of breaking the encryption that underpins our global economy.”
The European Commission has announced plans to launch a quantum-safe communication network by 2030.
“The EU Commission has announced plans to launch a quantum safe communication network by twenty thirty.”
Anand Oswal says CNSA 2.0 mandates began taking effect in 2025.
“Some like C N S 2.0 mandates started to take effect in 2025.”
Anand Oswal says RSA and ECC cryptographic algorithms will be officially deprecated by 2030.
“By twenty thirty, algorithms like RSA and ECC will be officially deprecated.”
Anand Oswal says vulnerable cryptographic algorithms such as RSA will be officially disallowed for most applications by 2035.
“By twenty thirty five, these vulnerable cryptographic algorithms will be officially disallowed for most applications.”
Anand Oswal says past cryptographic migrations have taken five to ten years for large, complex enterprises.
“Historical data from past transitions show that these can take between five to ten years for a large, complex enterprise to complete.”
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology has finalized new post-quantum cryptographic algorithms.
“In the United States, NIST has finalized new post quantum cryptographic algorithms to defend against the quantum enabled threats.”
Anand Oswal says building a full cryptographic inventory can take an organization over a year.
“A full cryptographic inventory alone can take them over a year.”
Anand Oswal says nation states and other adversaries are collecting large amounts of encrypted data now, in a 'harvest now, decrypt later' attack.
“Nation states and other adversaries are quietly and systematically harvesting large amounts of encrypted data.”
Anand Oswal says some customers run anywhere from ten to 200 different security tools, which he describes as too complicated to manage.
“You have customers with ten, twenty, fifty, hundred, 200 different tools that they're trying to deploy, to configure, to optimize, to operate and to utilize.”
Palo Alto Networks' quantum approach is built on three pillars: discover, protect and accelerate.
“It's a comprehensive platform based strategy built upon three key pillars, discover, protect, and accelerate.”
Palo Alto Networks offers a quantum readiness dashboard that gives leaders real-time visibility into their cryptographic risk.
“So we start with a quantum readiness dashboard to give leaders real time visibility into the organization's cryptographic risk posture.”
Palo Alto Networks introduced fourteen new next-generation firewall models engineered for the processing demands of post-quantum cryptography.
“We recently introduced fourteen new models of our next generation firewall that are specifically engineered to handle the high performance processing demands of post quantum cryptography.”
Palo Alto Networks says its cipher translation technology secures traffic to and from legacy applications with post-quantum protection without a full upgrade.
“We have developed cipher translation, an industry first technology that allows an organization to secure the communication to and from legacy applications without a full upgrade, instantly making them quantum ready.”