Issue Satellites are treated as exploitable computers and quantum threatens current encryption

Summary

Deloitte identifies space-based infrastructure and quantum computing as two frontiers that deserve urgent attention despite being at an early stage. The commercial space industry has opened new attack surfaces, because every satellite is essentially a computer that can be exploited. As adversaries develop ways to infiltrate satellites, disruption could reach GPS, communications, weather monitoring and national security systems. Quantum communication promises theoretically unbreakable encryption but also threatens to make current encryption methods obsolete. The report urges organisations to prepare for that transition while securing quantum communication infrastructure against adversaries trying to compromise or control it. It frames both as reasons to build adaptable security architectures now, even if the threats seem distant.