An Intelligent Hybrid Cryptographic Security Framework: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Defend Critical Systems Against Next-Generation Quantum Computing Attacks

An AI-powered hybrid cryptography framework for dealing with the threats of quantum computing to conventional security has been developed using artificial intelligence (AI) due to the rapid developments in quantum computing technology and its potential to compromise conventional security methods; thus, researchers need to explore new methods of protecting their information and communications against any intentional threats from quantum computing. A result of combining AI and traditional cryptography with post-quantum cryptography produces a resilient method for both present and future cyber threats through the use of AI in the ability to detect anomalies, provide adaptive learning, and support decision-making in real-time enable the proposed hybrid cryptosystem to be highly robust and responsive to continuous changes in cyber threat environments.Algorithm 1, which is proposed by the authors as an example of the method and framework, illustrates how key generation, hybrid key exchange, encryption, and dynamic key management can be implemented through an efficient mechanism for secure communication, which will enable the development of a monitor and optimization and evaluation of the performance of the cryptographic techniques proposed for achieving secure communications.The results of the performance evaluations conducted on the proposed framework demonstrate that it provides better overall results than other current methods for the following evaluation parameters: (a) strength of security; (b) computation efficiency; (c) scalability; and (d) detection accuracy, with much lower resource consumption and much lower false positives compared to other current methods.The benefits of using hybrid cryptography for mitigating the disadvantages of individual cryptographic techniques combined with the advantages of AI in improving the capability of the system to detect and respond to continually evolving threats creates an adaptable and scalable cryptographic framework for a variety of applications, including cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), and secure data transmissions.

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