GINC 250 / Post-quantum cryptography transition

Trend · rank 173 of 250

Post-quantum cryptography transition

Critical TechnologyTechnology & Financialscybercompute

Replacing the encryption that protects finance, government and infrastructure before quantum computers can break it.

Broken out from Quantum computing

Sensitivity and network position

Rank173 of 250
Sensitivity6.3 · rank 216
Breadth0 of 24 scenarios High or above
PageRank26.9 · rank 188
Eigenvector5.6
Betweenness34.5
Links12 trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite19.7

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Scores are GINC desk judgements and will be replaced by the panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
3ModerateHybrid campaign by a hostile state S06B Geopolitical and security
3ModerateCritical infrastructure collapse S12D Technology and infrastructure
2LowSuperintelligence takeoff S15 ↗D Technology and infrastructure
1Very lowGlobal financial crisis S03A Economic and trade
0Not relatedGeoeconomic confrontation S01A Economic and trade
0Not relatedSingle-supplier cut-off S02A Economic and trade
0Not relatedSovereign funding crisis S04A Economic and trade
0Not relatedMaritime chokepoint closure S05B Geopolitical and security
0Not relatedPolitical legitimacy crisis S07B Geopolitical and security
0Not relatedMass displacement shock S08B Geopolitical and security
0Not relatedEnergy supply shock S09C Energy, climate and resources
0Not relatedCatastrophic disaster in the core S10C Energy, climate and resources
0Not relatedFood and water system shock S11C Energy, climate and resources
0Not relatedRapid AI diffusion shock S13D Technology and infrastructure
0Not relatedPandemic with a novel pathogen S14E Health
0Not relatedEnergy abundance breakthrough S16 ↗C Energy, climate and resources
0Not relatedBiomedical breakthrough wave S17 ↗E Health
0Not relatedGreat-power détente and peace dividend S18 ↗B Geopolitical and security
0Not relatedCoordinated sovereign debt reset S19 ↗A Economic and trade
0Not relatedEmerging-market growth breakout S20 ↗A Economic and trade
0Not relatedMiddle East regional settlement S21 ↗B Geopolitical and security
0Not relatedAgricultural yield revolution S22 ↗C Energy, climate and resources
0Not relatedDigital public infrastructure leapfrog S23 ↗D Technology and infrastructure
0Not relatedHundred-day pandemic defence S24 ↗E Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.25 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain + 0.05 if in the same theme, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendParadigmRank
5Very highQuantum computingTechnology & Financials190
3ModerateAdvanced semiconductorsTechnology & Financials15
3ModerateCompute scaling & AI infrastructureTechnology & Financials17
3ModerateCyber insecurityTechnology & Financials102
3ModerateCritical infrastructure protectionIndustrials, Manufacturing & Transportation131
3ModerateEspionage & insider threatGeoeconomics & Statecraft145
3ModerateGNSS & timing dependenceTechnology & Financials171
3ModerateCloud & edge computingTechnology & Financials191
3ModerateInternet of ThingsTechnology & Financials207
3ModerateRansomware & cybercrimeTechnology & Financials210
3ModerateSatellite mega-constellationsIndustrials, Manufacturing & Transportation229
3ModerateSpace economyIndustrials, Manufacturing & Transportation232