BlackRock’s ex-innovation chief joins Quantum XChange advisors

Kfir Godrich, formerly BlackRock’s Chief Innovation Officer, is joining Quantum XChange’s advisory board, a move emphasising the growing concern over quantum security threats within major financial institutions, the company says. Godrich, who oversaw the protection of infrastructure at the world’s largest asset manager, believes “adversaries are already harvesting encrypted data to decrypt once quantum computers can break today’s standards.” Quantum XChange also expanded the role of advisor…