Overview
A practical introduction to quantum-safe cryptography is a free online course in IBM Quantum® Learning and serves as a primer on the foundational concepts in quantum-safe cryptography.
This course was created for developers who are interested in modernizing their application security and features multimodal lessons and interactive live code examples in four core areas of cryptography: cryptographic hash functions, symmetric key cryptography, asymmetric key cryptography, and quantum-safe cryptography.
By taking this course, developers will learn how the cybersecurity risk landscape is evolving as well as explore contemporary approaches poised to shape the quantum era.
Helpful materials
PDFs of lecture notes will be available soon
Further reading
- Basics of quantum information which offers an introduction to principles of quantum information and computation
- Fundamentals of quantum algorithms which explores computational advantages of quantum systems, and includes further details on algorithms such as Grover's algorithm
- IBM Quantum Safe
- Why it’s time to take quantum-safe cryptography seriously
- Fundamentals of Encryption & Quantum-Safe Techniques
Exam
To earn your Quantum-safe cryptography badge, take the exam at IBM Training. This exam is intended to be taken after reading the lessons in this course. After you pass the exam, you will be notified by Credly that you have earned a badge.
Awarded badge
Credly
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