So it's 2025, and after a long process a standard post quantum encryption (PQE) method is in sight. If you have no idea why this was done or why it is necessary, the NIST website is a good place to start.
Anyway smart meters have, for whatever reason, been chosen as an initial use case for PQE.
Why is this important for the energy sector:
What is happening at the moment:
Who is doing what...?
So here is an insight into what is happening energy wise and how it may affect you.
Anyway smart meters have, for whatever reason, been chosen as an initial use case for PQE.
Why is this important for the energy sector:
- Grid components operate 15-30 years
- Quantum computers could break current encryption within 10-15 years
- Stored encrypted data vulnerable to "harvest now, decrypt later" attacks
What is happening at the moment:
- A timeline pressure as quantum computing advances while millions of meters remain in service with traditional encryption.
Who is doing what...?
- Every smart meter deployed today must stay secure into the 2040s.
So here is an insight into what is happening energy wise and how it may affect you.
Danni Youzuel
Coding Black Females
Danni loves exploring the intersection of technology and human impact across industries. She currently specializes in secure, accessible distributed systems with experience spanning government systems, fintech platforms, agricultural solutions, and energy optimization.
Her technical focus ranges from high-performance event-driven architectures in banking to offline-first progressive web apps serving rural farming communities. Special interest in computer vision and its application from facial recognition to crop disease detection.
Danni currently advocates for data sovereignty in cross-border applications, based on her work on AgriTech innovation and accessibility solutions.
When not coding she reverts to a passion of clocks. Building music sequencers with different paradigms.
Her technical focus ranges from high-performance event-driven architectures in banking to offline-first progressive web apps serving rural farming communities. Special interest in computer vision and its application from facial recognition to crop disease detection.
Danni currently advocates for data sovereignty in cross-border applications, based on her work on AgriTech innovation and accessibility solutions.
When not coding she reverts to a passion of clocks. Building music sequencers with different paradigms.