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+[wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_and_communications_technology)<br>Hearing Finish Up: U.S. Must Update Technology to Prepare for the Quantum Age<br>
+<br>WASHINGTON-Yesterday, the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, [Information Technology](https://pattondemos.com/patton-labs/), and Government Innovation held a hearing entitled "Preparing for the Quantum Age: When Cryptography Breaks." During the hearing members highlighted the United States has a commitment to complete for technological supremacy and must upgrade cybersecurity protocols to maintain its one-upmanship. Members emphasized the federal government must improve federal IT systems and update cybersecurity procedures to protect Americans' data from potential hacks and breaches from hostile countries like China.<br>
+<br>Key Takeaways:<br>
+<br>The United States is competing for technological supremacy in numerous domains, including quantum computing and expert system, and must continue innovating to keep its lead.<br>
+<br>- Marisol Cruz Cain, Director of Infotech and Cybersecurity at the U.S. Government Accountability Office, testified in her opening statement that" [The] United States needs to establish a strong quantum workforce to keep its management position in quantum technology, hardware, and software development. In doing so, leveraging programs, training, and hiring are crucial. For instance, education programs could provide the certifications and abilities needed to operate in quantum technologies across both the public and personal sector. Second, the sustained financial investment is particularly essential to advance these technologies. To do so, standard funding for research and early development activities is vital."<br>
+<br>Quantum computing will considerably impact daily innovation and cybersecurity worldwide as countries develop the next generation of computers.<br>
+<br>- Ms. Cruz Cain testified that "As you know, quantum computers hold the pledge of resolving important problems that conventional computers can not. These computers use the home of quantum physics to perform computations dramatically much faster than today's standard computers. This allows them to perform substantially higher numbers of computations in the exact same amount of time. This increased computing power has possible applications in various fields. For instance, quantum computer systems might be able to imitate crucial chemistry procedures for developing brand-new fertilizers and medications. However, the other hand of this capacity is that quantum computer systems can threaten the security of information systems and the data they include, including those controlled by the federal government. For circumstances, quantum computers might defeat extensively used file encryption methods that people, federal agencies, and crucial infrastructure entities depend on."<br>
+<br>- Denis Mandich, Chief Technology Officer at Qrypt, affirmed that "The timeline is diminishing. The limit is roughly four thousand sensible qubits, and leading programs are racing toward that mark currently. Delay is not just risky, it's unreasonable. Progress in quantum computing is nonlinear and susceptible to abrupt breakthroughs, and our adversaries have every reward to hide turning points until it's too late. But the genuine risk isn't only in the quantum threat-it's our complacency. We've seen this pattern before. FLAME malware made use of weak cryptography several years earlier, sticking around undetected for several years. Storm-0558 from China, you're most likely acquainted with, led to Microsoft's master signing key being taken, compromising nearly all federal firms."<br>
+<br>The federal government requires to make more progress toward modernizing federal IT systems and upgrading cybersecurity protocols.<br>
+<br>- Subcommittee Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) mentioned in her opening statement that "An essential role of this Subcommittee is to make sure correct cybersecurity of federal technology. Something all specialists agree on is a sufficiently sophisticated quantum computer will overthrow cryptographic security in every sector including finance, health care, and defense. The federal government should not wait to tackle this huge job. Already, we know foreign foes are carrying out a "steal now, decrypt later on" method with the hope today's [information technology](https://pattondemos.com/application-development/) will still be valuable when they have a quantum computer.<br>
+<br>- Dr. Scott Crowder, Vice President of IBM Quantum Adoption, testified in his opening declaration that" [The] U.S. federal government and market must become quantum safe and quantum ready. If the industry continues to advance at the expected rate, quantum computer systems will have the capability to break asymmetric encryption. [National Institute of Standards and [Technology](https://pattondemos.com/about-us/)] has suggested existing file encryption vulnerable to quantum computers be prohibited by 2035, and previous experiences have actually shown broad adoption of brand-new cryptography can take more than a years. Thus, we need to act now. We must ensure our country's most critical systems are safe from danger. Thankfully, this Committee has realized this requirement and has actually already started acting. Congress can help even more by supporting the passage of additional legislation that makes sure quick adoption of post-quantum cryptography and appropriating funds to support this shift."<br>
+<br>Member Highlights:<br>
+<br>Subcommittee Chairwoman Mace asked about China's quantum computing and synthetic intelligence capabilities compared to the United States and the risk it produces.<br>
+<br>Subcommittee Chairwoman Mace: "How far behind do you believe China is from the U.S. on AI?"<br>
+<br>Mr. Mandich: "I think it's another situation where I do think that simply, again, having observed them for so long, they have access to whatever that we have actually every carried out in all of our companies. All of our  have actually been penetrated as far as we understand. Many of their staff members are in China. Oftentimes, those staff members really physically work from remote areas in Chinese intelligence companies, not even in the private sector. So I do feel that because they're so peaceful about this, they're being really deceptive about what they're doing. We do not even understand the names of the quantum companies in China. There's only a number of them that are public, the rest of them are totally unknown. We're likely going to experience a DeepSeek moment in quantum computing. There was no DeepSeek before ChatGPT 3, that turned up afterwards, which came up extremely rapidly which didn't happen from basic research study. It came from data theft and IP money making."<br>
+<br>Rep. Eli Crane (R-Ariz.) revealed concern about the connection in between Chinese international trainees at American universities and the increasing technological competitors between China and the U.S.<br>
+<br>Rep. Crane:" [Mr. Mandich], you said you worked in the intelligence field for a very long time? Does it issue you that universities like Brown and others permit trainees to come here-sometimes they come here and state that they're [going to] start an English program-and then they work with perhaps a supportive professor who shifts them into something like nuclear engineering or quantum computing, and after that they end up taking on the United States?"<br>
+<br>Mr. Mandich: "Well, you know, we know that China floods the United States with students. That's their frontline collection platforms. It floods not simply the university system, however nearly every company you can consider with collectors. So, we require to do a far better task of restricting that because we've efficiently trained their entire quantum market here in the United States. Very little of that occurred locally in China. So, we need to do something about it, however we also need more Americans to enter into these fields, and leave social networks and TikTok, that we get to be the bulk in these programs and not the minority."<br>
+<br>Rep. John McGuire (R-Va.) asked about areas of U.S. quantum innovation most at threat of being surpassed by foreign adversaries.<br>[meity.gov.in](http://meity.gov.in/)
+<br>Rep. McGuire: "So, Dr. Crowder, what areas of U.S. quantum innovation are most at danger of being surpassed by a foreign adversary?"<br>
+<br>Dr. Crowder: "I think, there's again, there's two pieces of it. Among them is constructing the best quantum computer systems on the planet. Maybe three things. Based on public data, we believe we have a lead over any location else in the world today, however that's just based on public information. The second location is in the algorithms and applications. And right now, I would state, we're seeing a little bit more financial investment by other federal governments than by the U.S.<br>