Cryptography dealmaking stirs as Q-Day approaches

Post-quantum cryptography companies should be a hot target for strategic acquirers as companies scramble to protect their data before Q-Day arrives.

• What's Q-Day? It's the day quantum computing will be powerful enough to break standard public-key encryption.

The big picture: Q-Day is likely only a few years away, and bad actors are already harvesting sensitive data to decrypt after the tech catches up.