MeitY, CERT-In and SISA release whitepaper on quantum-safe cybersecurity
On 11 July 2025 in New Delhi, MeitY, CERT-In and cybersecurity firm SISA launched the whitepaper 'Transitioning to Quantum Cyber Readiness'.
Summary
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) and cybersecurity firm SISA jointly launched a whitepaper titled 'Transitioning to Quantum Cyber Readiness' in New Delhi on 11 July 2025, to guide India's shift to quantum-safe cybersecurity as quantum computing threatens to break conventional encryption. The whitepaper calls on public and private organisations and strategic sectors to act in time, noting the implications for data protection, financial transactions and national security infrastructure, and offers practical approaches for integrating new security protocols, with regulated sectors such as BFSI, healthcare and government in mind. MeitY Secretary S. Krishnan called quantum readiness a strategic imperative.
Key facts
- Whitepaper
- Transitioning to Quantum Cyber Readiness
- Released by
- MeitY, CERT-In and SISA, New Delhi, 11 July 2025
- Concern
- Quantum computing may break conventional encryption
- Focus
- Data protection, financial transactions, national security infrastructure; designed for BFSI, healthcare, government
- Quote
- S. Krishnan, Secretary MeitY: quantum readiness is a strategic imperative
Practice MCQs 2 questions
What is the title of the whitepaper on quantum-safe cybersecurity launched by MeitY on 11 July 2025?
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Correct answer: D — Transitioning to Quantum Cyber Readiness
MeitY: MeitY, CERT-In and SISA jointly launched a whitepaper titled 'Transitioning to Quantum Cyber Readiness'.
Along with MeitY, which two entities jointly launched the 'Transitioning to Quantum Cyber Readiness' whitepaper?
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Correct answer: B — CERT-In and SISA
MeitY: the Ministry, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) and cybersecurity firm SISA jointly launched the whitepaper.