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Quantum Cybersecurity Bill Heads To Biden After Passing House

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, December 13th, 2022

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Quantum Cybersecurity Bill Heads To Biden After Passing House

The House on Tuesday passed a bill designed to help the federal government transition to a stronger cybersecurity posture for its information technology systems in light of coming cyber challenges posed by quantum computing. The Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act (H.R. 7535) passed the House 420 to three after the Senate last week approved the bill by unanimous consent. The bill now goes to President Biden to be signed into law. The concern with quantum computers is that they will…

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