Quantum Computing: 5 Potential Applications

Quantum computers are particularly well suited to sorting complex problems. However, it’s likely as the technology emerges so too will applications that haven’t yet been thought of 1. Cybersecurity and Cryptography Cybersecurity has never been as important, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic with people continuing to work outside of their relatively secure office environments. The number of attacks is rising daily with ransomware as a service (RaaS) lowering the barriers to entry for cybercriminals. The U.K.’s NCSC (National Cyber Security Center) recently reported that ransomware attacks doubled in the last year. While traditional computers struggle to keep up to repel the increasing number of attacks, technologies such as quantum computing, coupled with AI and machine learning, could help in developing various techniques to combat cybersecurity threats.