---
title: "Quantum computing is coming. Your passwords won’t survive it. | OG"
source: https://olivier-gomez.com/infographics/quantum-computing-and-your-passwords/
author: Olivier Gomez (OG)
language: en
updated: 18/10/2026
description: "Most cybersecurity leaders are preparing for the next breach. Few are preparing for the next computing paradigm."
---

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# Quantum computing is coming. Your passwords won’t survive it.

**Olivier Gomez (OG)** 17/10/2026, source: NIST, IBM, McKinsey

Source printed on the infographic: NIST, IBM, McKinsey. [Open full size](https://olivier-gomez.com/img/infographics/og-site_infographic-quantum-computing-and-your-passwords.jpg).

Most cybersecurity leaders are preparing for the next breach.

Few are preparing for the next computing paradigm.

Quantum computers are not a threat because they exist today.

They are a threat because encrypted data stolen today may be decrypted tomorrow.

That changes the equation.

The question is no longer whether quantum computing will arrive.

The question is whether your organization will be ready when it does.

The migration to post-quantum cryptography has already started.

The threat isn’t here yet.

The window to prepare is.

First published in the AI in Infographics series on 17/10/2026. [See it on Substack](https://oliviergomez.substack.com/p/og-intelligence-the-infographic-series-abd) or [subscribe](https://oliviergomez.substack.com/subscribe) to get the next one.

## Olivier Gomez (OG)

Olivier Gomez (OG) is the CEO and co-founder of IAC.AI. He has 25+ years of enterprise AI and automation delivery, including senior automation leadership roles at Hewlett Packard and DXC Technology. Co-author of The A to Z of Generative AI.

[Book a 30-minute call](https://calendly.com/oliviergomez)[About OG](https://olivier-gomez.com/olivier-gomez/)

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