Every time you send a message, make a purchase or log into your bank account, you are protected by mathematical problems so complex they would take classical computers billions of years to solve. This is the bedrock of modern cybersecurity. But quantum computers are about to shatter this foundation like a hammer through glass.

The clock is ticking. And most organizations aren’t ready.

Modern encryption relies on mathematical problems that are easy to solve in one direction but virtually impossible to reverse. Think of it like mixing paint colors. Easy to mix blue and yellow to get green. Nearly impossible to separate green back into its original components.

But quantum computers operate on entirely different principles. Instead of bits that represent either 0 or 1, they use qubits like quantum bits which can exist in multiple states simultaneously. This enables them to perform certain calculations at an exponential speedup compared to classical machines. Algorithms like Shor’s algorithm can solve the very problems that secure today’s encryption such as factoring large…