Nations globally are racing toward achieving quantum computing. The country that gets hold of the immense computing power offered by quantum computers will definitely be at a strong advantage over other countries. There is a fierce competition between the US and China in this race. Both nations have made massive investments in research and development activities aimed at achieving the quantum computing reality. This will usher in a new era of computing and cause several changes in security solutions that are offered today.
Europe, even with a rich history on research on quantum computing, seems to have fallen behind in the race. It has only made small and stealthy moves, the most recent being in 2016 where it said it would jointly fund a €1 billion research on the quantum technology. The research was aimed at quantum communication, computing...