New Delhi, April 8 -- New Delhi: India's computer emergency response team (Cert-In) is working with the ministry of electronics and IT (Meity), and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) on a framework to set-up quantum-safe communications networks in India. Work on the standards is being done as nations build up quantum computing capabilities-which stakeholders across government and private sectors expect will threaten current cybersecurity standards globally.

Speaking with Mint, Sanjay Bahl, director general of Cert-In, said that work on the standard is "already ongoing". "There are active projects on this between Meity and DST. It is work in progress and will take its own due time, Cert-In is a part of the overall initiative,"...