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Technology

Sep. 10, 2026

Quantum computing and the legal transition to post-quantum cybersecurity

As quantum threats become more foreseeable, existing cybersecurity obligations may increasingly require organizations to evaluate their cryptographic risks and prepare for the transition to quantum-resistant security.

Lisa Kobialka

Partner and Co-Chair
Brown Rudnick LLP

Intellectual Property Practice Group

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Nadya Shirokova

Scientific Advisor
Brown Rudnick LLP

Intellectual Property Practice Group

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Quantum computing and the legal transition to post-quantum cybersecurity
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Organizations may soon face a new legal question: when does the duty to implement 'reasonable cybersecurity' require preparation for quantum computing?

For more than half a century, modern computing has benefited from Moore's law, proposed by Gordon Moore in 1965. Moore observed that the number of transistors that can be placed on an integrated circuit approximately doubles every two years. As transistor density increased, computers became exponentially ...

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