National Cyber Director should lead quantum cyber preparations, GAO says

Marisol Cruz Cain, director of the Government Accountability Office’s Information and Cybersecurity team, told lawmakers on the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee Tuesday that a centralized office should handle government quantum policy and initiatives, highlighting action items the government should be taking to secure digital networks against a future fault-tolerant quantum computer.

Chief among those action items would be to delegate quantum computing policy decisions to the Office of the National Cyber Director. 

“We believe that the Office of the National Cyber director is well positioned to lead the coordination and oversight of a quantum strategy, and we recommended that the office take steps to do so,” she said.