第14章サイバー資源の品質とサイバーコンピューティングのガバナンス

Supercompute is yet another supersociety technology that makes it possible to improve existing services to further enable smart ecosystems services and support supersociety platforms. It is also a technology that has the potential to revolutionize the world of cybersecurity, both in terms of the solutions it offers and the risks it creates. With respect to risks, the vastly increased processing speed associated with the use of quantum or neuromorphic computers will definitely have an impact on some of the cryptography algorithms that are in use today. In particular, while symmetric key encryption and collision-resistant hash functions are considered to be relatively secure against attacks by quantum computers, signature schemes based on the integer factorization problem, the discrete logarithm problem, or the elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem can be solved with Shor’s algorithm with a quantum computer that is powerful enough. On the positive side, noninteractive ZKPs that only collision-resistant hash functions are plausibly post-quantum secure and can be used to replace traditional signature schemes based on public-key cryptography that are not quantum-resistant. Supercompute will also improve the speed of cryptographic computations that are needed to operate secure platforms such as blockchain and further optimize the verification of the transactions. Again, as this technology continues to develop, it is important that the security industry works to ensure that the benefits of supercompute from a cybersecurity standpoint are maximized while minimizing the risks. This appears to be the only way to implement supersociety supercompute platform assurance.

The technical challenges associated with securing autonomous supersystems are analogous to those of securing autonomous systems platforms, which were covered in Supersociety Supercompute Platform Assurance. Refer to that discussion to review the security challenges and associated defenses that must be put in place. The only difference is the fact that supersystems will make use of new supersociety technologies that are emerging such as nanotechnology and supercompute. Given the ethical and social usability challenges (from a TRM quality standpoint), there are growing concerns that the combined use of the various supersociety technologies described earlier to power autonomous supersystems could cause threats to humanity and future civilizations. It will therefore be important for the security industry to ensure that the benefits of these technologies are maximized while minimizing the risks. This appears to be the only way to implement supersociety autonomous supersystem platform assurance.