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
Nadya Shirokova
Scientific Advisor
Brown Rudnick LLP
Intellectual Property Practice Group
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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