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Advances in quantum computing increasingly threaten the security and privacy of data protected by current cryptosystems, particularly those relying on public-key cryptography. In response, the international cybersecurity community has…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Marthin Toruan , R. D. N. Shakya , Samuel Tseitkin , Raymond K. Zhao , Nalin Arachchilage

The advent of quantum computing threatens the security of traditional encryption algorithms, motivating the development of post-quantum cryptography (PQC). In 2024, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standardized…

Research in software engineering is essential for improving development practices, leading to reliable and secure software. Leveraging the principles of quantum physics, quantum computing has emerged as a new computational paradigm that…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-02-14 Ashis Kumar Mandal , Md Nadim , Chanchal K. Roy , Banani Roy , Kevin A. Schneider

Quantum computing has demonstrated the potential to solve computationally intensive problems more efficiently than classical methods. Many software engineering tasks, such as test case selection, static analysis, code clone detection, and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Jianjun Zhao

The convergence of Quantum Computing (QC), Quantum Software Engineering (QSE), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents transformative opportunities across various domains. However, existing methodologies inadequately address the ethical,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-03-21 Muneera Bano , Shaukat Ali , Didar Zowghi

Trust is the core building block of secure systems, and it is enforced through methods to ensure that a specific system is properly configured and works as expected. In this context, a Root of Trust (RoT) establishes a trusted environment,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-19 Grazia D'Onghia , Antonio Lioy

In recent years, with the advancement of quantum computing, mainstream asymmetric cryptographic methods in the current Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) systems are gradually being threatened. Therefore, this study explores X.509 security…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-08-06 Abel C. H. Chen

The rapid development of quantum computing poses a significant threat to the security of current cryptographic systems, including those used in User Equipment (UE) for mobile communications. Conventional cryptographic algorithms such as…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-08-22 Sanzida Hoque , Abdullah Aydeger , Engin Zeydan

6G networks will require quantum-secure cryptography deployed across core infrastructure, edge nodes, resource-constrained IoT devices. Although post-quantum cryptographic (PQC) algorithms have been standardized by NIST, their practical…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Ananya Kudaloor , Adnan Aijaz

The advent of quantum computing threatens the security of classical public-key cryptographic systems, prompting the transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). While PQC has been analyzed in theory, its performance in practical wireless…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-07-24 Sanzida Hoque , Abdullah Aydeger , Engin Zeydan , Madhusanka Liyanage

In this paper, we conduct a systematic literature review of (semi-) automated approaches to Quantum Software Engineering (QSE) and Quantum Artificial Intelligence (QAI). Prior work in the literature indicated that both Software Engineering…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-23 Nazanin Siavash , Armin Moin

The advancements in quantum computing are a threat to classical cryptographic systems. The traditional cryptographic methods that utilize factorization-based or discrete-logarithm-based algorithms, such as RSA and ECC, are some of these.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-12 Nahid Aliyev , Ozan Cetin , Emil Huseynov

The impending arrival of cryptographically relevant quantum computers (CRQCs) threatens the security foundations of modern software: Shor's algorithm breaks RSA, ECDSA, ECDH, and Diffie-Hellman, while Grover's algorithm reduces the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Animesh Shaw

The problem of adopting quantum-resistant cryptographic network protocols or post-quantum cryptography (PQC) is critically important to democratizing quantum computing. The problem is urgent because practical quantum computers will break…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-08-09 Jakub Sowa , Bach Hoang , Advaith Yeluru , Steven Qie , Anita Nikolich , Ravishankar Iyer , Phuong Cao

Another threat is the development of large quantum computers, which have a high likelihood of breaking the high popular security protocols because it can use both Shor and Grover algorithms. In order to fix this looming threat,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Navin Chhibber , Amber Rastogi , Ankur Mahida , Vatsal Gupta , Piyush Ranjan

With the advance in quantum computing, quantum software becomes critical for exploring the full potential of quantum computing systems. Recently, quantum software engineering (QSE) becomes an emerging area attracting more and more…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-05-09 Mohamed Raed El aoun , Heng Li , Foutse Khomh , Moses Openja

The software engineering community is facing challenges from quantum computers (QCs). In the era of quantum computing, Shor's algorithm running on QCs can break asymmetric encryption algorithms that classical computers practically cannot.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-05-16 Lei Zhang , Andriy Miranskyy , Walid Rjaibi , Greg Stager , Michael Gray , John Peck

Quantum computing presents a double-edged sword: while it has the potential to revolutionize fields such as artificial intelligence, optimization, healthcare, and so on, it simultaneously poses a threat to current cryptographic systems,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-10-18 Ainaz Jamshidi , Khushdeep Kaur , Aryya Gangopadhyay , Lei Zhang

The transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) presents significant challenges for certificate-based identity management in industrial environments, where secure onboarding of devices relies on long-lived and interoperable credentials.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-08 Nino Ricchizzi , Christian Schwinne , Jan Pelzl

Post-quantum cryptography-PQC- aims to develop public-key primitives that are secure against adversaries using classical and quantum computing technologies. This study introduces novel protocols, a key encapsulation mechanism, a digital…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-05 Juan Pedro Hecht , Hugo Daniel Scolnik