{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"This Week in NET","title":"“It’s Quite a Shock”: The Quantum Deadline Is Real","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/c9e4de6d\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4043,"description":"In this World Quantum Day special edition of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by Bas Westerbaan (Principal Research Engineer) and Sharon Goldberg (Senior Director, Product) to explain why the timeline for post-quantum cryptography may be arriving sooner than expected.\n\nRecent research suggests the number of qubits required to break today’s encryption could fall dramatically, accelerating the urgency for companies and the Internet ecosystem to migrate to post-quantum security. Google has set a 2029 migration target, and Cloudflare is working toward a similar timeline.\n\nBas, who has spent years deploying post-quantum cryptography at Cloudflare, explains why the shift from theoretical risk to practical planning is happening now, what “Q-Day” would actually mean, and why upgrading the Internet’s cryptography is one of the largest coordinated security transitions ever attempted.\n\nThe episode also covers the difference between post-quantum encryption and authentication, how quantum computers work, and what organisations should start doing today to prepare.\n\nCheck the Cloudflare Blog:\nblog.cloudflare.com/post-quantum-roadmap\n\nTimestamps\n0:00 — Cold open: “It’s quite a shock”\n0:40 — World Quantum Day and why this matters now\n2:30 — Sharon Goldberg: the big picture of post-quantum cryptography\n4:20 — Why Cloudflare is targeting 2029\n7:00 — Encryption vs authentication and the “harvest now, decrypt later” risk\n10:50 — Bas Westerbaan: background and path into cryptography\n18:30 — How quantum computers actually work\n23:40 — Why RSA and elliptic-curve cryptography are vulnerable\n28:10 — Why the quantum timeline may be accelerating\n33:00 — Cloudflare’s post-quantum deployment progress\n40:20 — How AI could help the industry migrate faster\n48:10 — What companies should start doing today\n58:00 — Quick-fire round and the Internet in a post-quantum world","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/JEk1CAhFcWIBJOFKIzKfdvQ-zUX6aXTuOCJVJJHruOk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jYThl/MjA0YjY3NjRjMzE4/NTdlZTdjMzFjNjll/YTM1YS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}