As the European project ORSHIN concludes, we reflect on three years of collaboration with leading universities, SMEs, and industry partners across Europe. From defining a Trusted Life Cycle for open-source hardware to advancing side-channel evaluation and designing the NSCP secure communication protocol, this journey has strengthened our expertise and contributed to a more secure and transparent digital ecosystem.

In this blog post, we will explore the fundamental principles of quantum computers, including an overview of Grover’s and Shor’s algorithms, and why they pose a risk to today’s cryptographic systems.