Cryptography to the fore in quantum computing era: DigiCert

Security concerns to mount as IoT devices proliferate, to grow to 25 billion devices by 2020

Imagine the prospect of a pacemaker hacked, a large financial transaction intercepted, an autonomous car gets remotely controlled or a closed circuit camera network compromised resulting in major security breach.

These are not hypothetical scenarios but potential realities in the world of connected devices, including mobile phones linked by Internet of Things (IoT).

“It is not far off. By 2020 we will have 25 billion IoT devices and imagine the challenge of ensuring security. With quantum computing, it will open up more challenges,” Ray Garnie, Senior Vice-President, Sales, DigiCert, said.