Imagine waking up one morning to find that every digital system you depend on has failed.Your bank account is inaccessible. Your private messages are public. Government databases have been breached.

Encryption forms the backbone of digital security but now faces a fundamental challenge: the emergence of quantum computers.

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...