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+layout: events
+organizer: ATARC
+url-link: https://atarc.org/event/ellipiticcurvecryptography/
+title: "Quantum Speaker Series Presents: Elliptic Curve Cryptography, the Canary
+  in the Quantum Coal Mine"
+description: In this presentation, we cover the latest trends in quantum
+  hardware and algorithms for cryptanalysis. We review the basics of ECC and its
+  deployment in digital infrastructures and locate attacks on ECC in the
+  application landscape of quantum computers.
+clp: false
+start-time: 2025-01-14T13:00:00.000-00:00
+end-time: 2025-01-14T14:00:00.000-00:00
+event-type: Online
+gov-only: true
+is-external: true
+synopsis: >-
+  While most forward-looking studies about cryptographically relevant quantum
+  computers (CRQC) focus on the threat to factoring and the risks associated to
+  securing data against harvest now, decrypt later attacks, systems reliant on
+  elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) are bound to be the first vulnerable to
+  quantum attacks.\
+
+  \
+
+  In this presentation, we cover the latest trends in quantum hardware and algorithms for cryptanalysis. We review the basics of ECC and its deployment in digital infrastructures and locate attacks on ECC in the application landscape of quantum computers. From physical and economical considerations, we estimate a plausible range for the cost of quantum attacks and the rate at which such attacks can occur at the onset of the fault tolerant regime.
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