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This photograph shows the G7 sign during the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 16, 2026. A working group report from the summit called on countries to speed up adoption of post-quantum encryption. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

The G7 tells industry to hurry up and prep for post-quantum encryption

The nations warn that governments and industry can no longer treat quantum codebreaking as a distant or theoretical possibility.

Sep 3, 2026 By Derek B. Johnson

The concept of such a list, known as a “software bill of materials (SBOM),” is to know everything that goes into a particular piece of software so that any supply chain risks are easier to identify. (Getty Images)

Major world economies spell out key elements of AI ‘ingredients list’

Experts on the topic say the G7 guidance is good, but could still use some improvements.

May 12, 2026 By Tim Starks

The White House, J. Altdorfer Photography/Getty Images

More frequent disruption operations needed to dent ransomware gangs, officials say

The comments from White House and ODNI officials ahead of a Counter Ransomware Initiative summit come as the gangs prove difficult to keep down.

Sep 30, 2024 By Tim Starks

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Joe Biden, Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and France’s President Emmanuel Macron pose for a G7 leaders’ family photo during a NATO summit on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels, on March 24, 2022. (Photo by Henry Nicholls – Pool/Getty Images)

NATO, G-7 leaders promise bulwark against retaliatory Russian cyberattacks

The pledges follow the Biden administration saying that Russia's calculus on digital assaults had changed.

Mar 24, 2022 By Tim Starks

G-7 out with cyber guidance for banks

The guidance is the first real effort to establish transnational standards for cybersecurity in perhaps the most high-stakes sector of all — financial services.

Oct 12, 2016