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Quantum Technology: Cybersecurity |
| Question ID: |
1787047 |
| UIN: |
40039 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-20 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5172 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dan Aldridge
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Dan Aldridge
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| Member interest: |
true |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK's contingency plans to tackle quantum cyber threats; and if he will conduct a comparative assessment on the effectiveness of these |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-28 |
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false |
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false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4822 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Feryal Clark
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| Answering Member handle: |
FeryalClark
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@FeryalClark
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| Answer text: |
The government recognises the cyber threats posed by quantum computing. The NCSC recently issued new guidance to help organisations prepare for and protect against threats posed by future developments in quantum computing [https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |