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Quantum Computing and Blockchain in Business

You're reading from   Quantum Computing and Blockchain in Business Exploring the applications, challenges, and collision of quantum computing and blockchain

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838647766
Length 334 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Arunkumar Krishnakumar Arunkumar Krishnakumar
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Preface 1. Introduction to Quantum Computing and Blockchain 2. Quantum Computing – Key Discussion Points FREE CHAPTER 3. The Data Economy 4. The Impact on Financial Services 5. Interview with Dr. Dave Snelling, Fujitsu Fellow 6. The Impact on Healthcare and Pharma 7. Interview with Dr. B. Rajathilagam, Head of AI Research, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham 8. The Impact on Governance 9. Interview with Max Henderson, Senior Data Scientist, Rigetti and QxBranch 10. The Impact on Smart Cities and Environment 11. Interview with Sam McArdle, Quantum Computing Researcher at the University of Oxford 12. The Impact on Chemistry 13. The Impact on Logistics 14. Interview with Dinesh Nagarajan, Partner, IBM 15. Quantum-Safe Blockchain 16. Nation States and Cyberwars 17. Conclusion – Blue Skies 18. Other Books You May Enjoy
19. Index

Nation States and Cyberwars

We live in an age where data can be a more powerful weapon than an atom bomb. Data is being used to win elections in the biggest economies of the world. Nation states are looking at deploying cyberwars to attack each other tactically and strategically. As a result, data protection of national intelligence and defense secrets is becoming extremely important.

According to a report released by the International Data Corporation (IDC), the data that we are creating is expected to reach 175 zettabytes by 2025. A zettabyte is a billion terabytes, or 1021 bytes. Much of this data is expected to be on cloud infrastructure. Therefore, we will need to ensure that this entire infrastructure is cyber secure.

We saw in Chapter 3, The Data Economy, how the rise of data creation has led to several technology paradigms. For instance, AI finally became relevant and viable after going through several winters. Thanks to the success of the internet, the network...

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