Governments, Businesses Step Up Digital ID Defenses for 2035-2040 Quantum Threats
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Updated · Biometric Update · Jun 20
Governments, Businesses Step Up Digital ID Defenses for 2035-2040 Quantum Threats
3 articles · Updated · Biometric Update · Jun 20
Summary
Governments and businesses are treating digital identity as long-term critical infrastructure, accelerating plans to harden wallets and credentials against AI fraud and future quantum attacks.
2035-2040 is the likeliest window cited for practical quantum computing, but the risk is already immediate because “harvest now, decrypt later” attacks could expose encrypted identity data before post-quantum safeguards arrive.
EU Digital Identity Wallet planning is central to that push, with Thales arguing tokenization, biometric passkeys and tighter links between payments and identity can strengthen cyber resilience.
eIDAS already reflects AI-spoofing concerns through conformance testing, while vendors are pressing governments to adopt post-quantum cryptography early for digital ID cards expected to onboard many wallet users.