Issue Small devices and legacy infrastructure cannot carry the new load, shifting attacks to implementation
Summary
The strategic outlook expects an uneven transition: wearables and embedded sensors cannot yet handle the computational load lattice methods require, older and fragmented infrastructure is hard to upgrade, and as the mathematics gets stronger attacks move towards design and deployment flaws, raising the stakes for engineering rather than for cryptography.
Classification
Main topicDigital Infrastructure & Cyber
Region menusGlobal
Impactscope:global
Time horizon0-3 years (2026-07-26)
Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:52
Evidence 1
- Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2026 World Economic Forum (in collaboration with Frontiers) page=34;section=10 Lattice-based cryptography / Strategic outlook 2026-06 accessed 2026-07-26
Constituent trends 1
Directly linked signals 1
Relation types: constitutes · direct_urgent
Public id: fm-26216c141293