1、Quantum Information Science andTechnologyImplications for Records ManagementWhite PaperNational Archives and Records AdministrationSeptember 2022Introduction3Quantum Information Science and Technology(QIST)3Classical and Quantum Computing6QIST Implications for Records Management9Conclusion11Bibliogr

2、aphy12Acknowledgements182IntroductionThe National Archives and Records Administration,Office of the Chief Records Officerfor the U.S.Government,has been researching and writing about emergingtechnologies that will have an impact on the field of records management.This is thethird in a series of whit

3、e papersthe first one being Blockchain(2019)and the second,Cognitive Technologies(2020).Unlike previous white papers in which the technologieswere more established,the field of Quantum Information Science and Technology(QIST)is in its early stages,so the technological impacts for records management

4、areevolving.This white paper is intended to provide a non-technical introduction to QIST for federalrecords managers.Emerging quantum technologies could have the biggest impact inthese areas of records management:cryptography,authentication,encryptedcommunication,storage of records,and records retri

5、eval.Records managers may findthis information helpful as the technology evolves and matures.Quantum Information Science and Technology(QIST)QIST is the merger of quantum physics and information theory.Quantum physicsdescribes nature at an atomic and subatomic level.Information theory is the study o

6、fquantification,storage,and communication of information(A Federal Vision forQuantum Information Science,2009).Early examples of quantum technologies arelasers,transistors,magnetic resonance spectroscopy,and atomic clocks.These,in turn,gave us computers,the internet,medical imaging,and GPS navigatio