Canadian Space Agency’s Quantum EncrYption and Science Satellite (QEYSSat) to be Operational 2022 Cybersecurity from space: the Government of Canada invests in quantum technology In brief… + Cybersecurity is a priority for the Government of Canada. The Canadian Space Agency’s Quantum EncrYption and Science Satellite […]
North Carolina State University Pulls Quantum into Cryptographic Studies Teaching the next generation of cryptographic hardware experts Selected notes ~ + “The big challenge on the horizon is quantum computing,” Aysu said. “The concern is that when quantum computing systems become a publicly-available reality – […]
Controlling Superconducting Materials with “Pairing Glue” What is the pairing “glue” for electrons in iron-based high-temperature superconductors? Scientists now have more clues. Excerpts and salient points ~ + Current theories suggest that magnetic fluctuations play a very significant role in determining superconducting properties and even […]
Space: The Next Threat to Cybersecurity Cybersecurity Experts Worry About Satellite & Space Systems Excerpts and salient points ~ + Little surprise, then, that cybersecurity and policy experts worry that the relative insecurity of satellite systems open them to attack. In a paper released by […]
NTT Takes On Palo Alto with Big Plans for Quantum Computing NTT Research will Focus on Quantum Computing, Encryption and Precision Medicine Excerpts and salient points ~ + Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, today announced it has commenced operations as a global effort that will […]
U.S. Air Force Courts Prospective Cutting-edge Tech Company “Spectral Quantum Technologies” Catalyst Campus Overflows for AFRL Space Accelerator Demo Day Excerpts and salient points ~ + [T]he Air Force Research Lab Space Vehicles Directorate and the Catalyst Space Accelerator were looking for non-traditional companies that […]
NATO Awardee Believes Quantum Attacks are Grave Concern Who is Prof. Otokar Grošek? Excerpts and salient points ~ + “I was the NATO Project Director of the multi-year Science for Peace and Security (SPS) project “Secure Implementation of Post-Quantum Cryptography” and was awarded the 2018 […]
South Korea Working Towards Quantum Network, Unhackability of Communications S. Korean quantum computing scientists working on next-generation networks and ‘unhackable’ technologies Excerpts and salient points ~ + Quantum computing researchers at Korea Institute for Science and Technology have developed ways use diamond structures to produce […]
Competing with China: India China aggressively pursues research, investment while India has red tape: German Nobel laureate Excerpts and salient points ~ + China is more aggressive in pursuing scientific research, investment and strategy as compared to India which has more ‘red tape’ acting as […]
Good Cybersecurity Practices; Quantum Computing Still Looms Cybersecurity’s weakest link is the human. Below are two reminders to maintaining some basic cybersecurity. The original article has more advice; worth the reminder to read. … and for the reminder that quantum computing is a looming threat […]
The Race for Quantum Computing: U.K. Status Excellent discussion and tracking of the U.K. MoD quantum programme and related U.K. Government initiatives. The race for quantum computing is surely on. Qubit. Mapping the Race to Quantum Computing: The UK National Quantum Technologies Programme – The […]
Making Your Automobile Quantum-safe SecureRF Security Library Receives ISO 26262 Automotive Safety Certification Excerpts and salient points ~ + SecureRF Corporation announced that it achieved ISO 26262 certification for its development methods used to deliver its advanced automotive security solutions. SecureRF’s security library includes… Key […]
Underscoring “Technological Supremacy and Geopolitical Power” with Quantum Computing Cease-fire in US-China trade war not expected to bridge differences Excerpts and salient points ~ + [W]hen US and Chinese negotiators sit down to work out details, the same difficult task remains: getting China to convince […]
EU Nations Agree to Study Quantum Computing Infrastructure The future is quantum: EU countries plan ultra-secure communication network Excerpts and salient points ~ + 7 EU countries (Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, and Spain) signed a declaration agreeing to explore together, over the […]
“Really sloppy” Semiconductor Manufacturing Won’t Suffice in Quantum Computing’s Development Interesting commentary. Though provided by a manufacturer of atomically precise manufacturing (APM) equipment, anyone with a background in solid-state devices will find truth to what is being stated. Cleaning up the semiconductor processes should go […]
Improving Banking Security Through Quantum Computing ABN AMRO collaborates on quantum computing security Excerpts and salient points ~ + It is widely expected that the arrival of widespread quantum computing – which enables a computer to solve advanced mathematical and cryptographic puzzles in seconds – […]
Addressing the Quantum Computing and Cryptographic Security Training Pipeline Who Is Teaching the Next Generation of Cryptographic Hardware Experts? Excerpts and salient points ~ + “The big challenge on the horizon is quantum computing,” Aysu says. “The concern is that when quantum computing systems become […]
Arguments for the Security of Continuous-variable Quantum Key Distribution (CVQKD) Synopsis: Making Quantum Cryptography Safe and Practical Excerpts and salient points ~ + Most protocols for quantum key distribution (QKD)—a quantum cryptography technique—encode an encryption key in discrete quantum states, such as the two orthogonal […]
Quantum-proof Security to Enhance Trading Security Cybersecurity is the foundation to a successful corporate environment. If attribution were easy, we believe this would be inarguable and every organization would have to accept responsibility. AlphaNu and Kelvin Wallet’s collaboration looks to be in focus. Qubit. Future-proof […]
Israeli Disruptive Technology “Scale-Up” Companies to London From start-up to scale-up: Israeli high tech in the UK Excerpts and salient points ~ + There is no question that the UK market is a key component in Israeli companies’ overseas strategy, and a key foothold to […]
Sampling of Quantum Computing; French Perspective Computers: Promises of the Quantum Dawn Excerpts and salient points ~ + In this race for the greatest number of qubits and the creation of a quantum computer, two systems, currently neck and neck, offer the most interesting prospects. […]
ISARA Leadership & ETSI Quantum-safe Cryptography Working Group ISARA COO Mark Pecen Re-Elected Chairman of ETSI Quantum-safe Cryptography Working Group Excerpts and salient points ~ + Mark Pecen, chief operating officer of ISARA Corp., has been re-elected chairman of the European Telecommunication Standards Institute’s (ETSI) […]
“Generating Pure Randomness” How to Turn a Quantum Computer Into the Ultimate Randomness Generator Excerpts and salient points ~ + Randomness is crucial for almost everything we do with our computational and communications infrastructure. In particular, it’s used to encrypt data, protecting everything from mundane […]
Neven’s Law & The Doubly Exponential Rate of Quantum Computing Power A new “law” Suggests Quantum Supremacy Could Happen This Year Excerpts and salient points ~ + In December 2018, scientists at Google AI ran a calculation on Google’s best quantum processor. They were able […]
Quantum—a double-edged sword for cryptography Quantum computers pose a big threat to the security of modern communications, deciphering cryptographic codes that would take regular computers forever to crack. But drawing on the properties of quantum behaviour could also provide a route to truly secure cryptography… […]
Quantum Computing is Real. How to Protect your Data… Quantum computing is real and coming, seemingly sooner than later. To help protect your organization’s data, a broad overview of quantum computing, its threat to encryption and cryptography, and how to prepare your defense is wise […]
2048-Bit RSA Cracked in < 8 Hours? How a quantum computer could break 2048-bit RSA encryption in 8 hours Excerpts and salient points ~ + A new study shows that quantum technology will catch up with today’s encryption standards much sooner than expected. That should […]
Middle East, Quantum Computing, and FOMO The Gulf embraces quantum power Excerpts and salient points ~ + Universities in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE have already launched quantum computing research groups to help cultivate homegrown knowledge of the technology that is set to transform […]
Palo Alto Networks Partner Has Successfully Certified ILCoin’s C2P Protocol for Quantum Resistance Distributed ledger consensus algorithms such as PoW (Proof-of-Work) made companies lose more than $20 million during 2018 in hacking attacks without any possibility to recover losses. And near-future quantum computing mass-adoption may […]
Limits of Quantum Communication Networks; Secret Key Capacity Explored Establishing the ultimate limits of quantum communication networks At the moment, sensitive data is typically encrypted and then sent across fibre-optic cables and other channels together with the digital “keys” needed to decode the information. However, […]
Cloud Security Alliance Issues Quantum Computing and Cybersecurity Guidance for Business Leaders CSA prepares enterprises for quantum computing cybersecurity threats The Cloud Security Alliance’s (CSA) latest paper brings quantum computing and cybersecurity to the forefront of enterprise leadership’s minds as it tackles some of the […]
Law Enforcement, User-Controlled Encryption, and Quantum Computing New Perspectives on the Future of Encryption Excerpts and salient points ~ + Encryption and its effects on law enforcement’s access to data seem to occupy a perennial place in the headlines (and on Lawfare as well)…but the […]
ID Q & Mt. Pelerin Solving Quantum-Based Secure Storage for Crypto Assets ID Quantique partners with Mt Pelerin to develop the first quantum-based solution for the secure storage of crypto assets: The Quantum Vault ID Quantique (IDQ), the world leader in quantum-safe security solutions announced […]
Boosting Efforts to Create Reliable Photonic Quantum Computing, Quantum Key Distribution This image shows a false-color scanning electron micrograph of the array used to create place single-photon sources in epitaxial tungsten diselenide. Inset shows the Hanbury-Brown Twiss interferometry measurement proving quantum emission. An innovative method […]
Air Force Research Laboratory demonstrates world’s first daytime free-space quantum communication enabled by adaptive optics. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Starfire Optical Range (SOR) recently demonstrated quantum communication in daylight under conditions representative of space-to-Earth satellite links. “This is the world’s first such demonstration, […]
U.S. DoD Defense Information Systems Agency Seeking Quantum-resistant Algorithms. The U.S. DoD Defense Information Systems Agency is seeking quantum-resistant algorithm prototypes. The effort appears to have the same goal as the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Post-quantum Cryptography Project. The NIST project […]
Gambling with Quantum Cryptography Seemingly every industry has taken note of quantum computing. The casino industry is revealing some interest in the subject. Quantum computing could be good or it could be bad, depending on which side of the table you sit. Qubit. Excerpts and […]
Efficient Passive Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution Author(s): Chun-Hui Zhang, Chun-Mei Zhang, and Qin Wang To date, only active-decoy-state methods have been adopted in current measurement-device-independent (MDI) quantum key distribution (QKD) protocols, causing security loopholes when modulating multiple light intensities with practical devices. To solve this […]
Keeping Quantum Computing Reports From Lying. Numerous salient points regarding the confidentiality and integrity of data being espoused by quantum computing devices. Having been on the cybersecurity side of classical computing for years, the topic discussed in the Communications of the ACM piece, Questioning Quantum, […]
IDQ Reviews Quantum Computing Industry for Q1 2019. On April 30, ID Quantique issued its review of first quarter quantum computing. IBM, D-Wave, and IDQ’s own quantum key distribution and random number generator made the review. Got a minute? It’s all it takes for the […]
Quantum Computing, Hacking, Encryption, Policy Implications. Implications of Quantum Computing for Encryption Policy. Quantum computing is still in its infancy, but its future development could reshape many aspects of computing, including encryption. Although the impact of quantum computing on encryption has been widely discussed, there […]
Nothing Spooky About It Says University of Toronto Professor. And he’s right. From the below piece, “This is an entangled state of the two atoms. Neither your atom, nor your friend’s, has a definite energy in this superposition. Nevertheless, the properties of the two atoms […]
Excerpts sourced from Journal of Cyber Policy. Mitigating the Quantum Security Threat QuintessenceLabs, which was founded in 2008 in Canberra Australia, has developed a countermeasure for quantum hacking. It’s based on implementing truly random keys, keys that are essentially quantum in nature. “Today, we have […]
Quantum Internet Development a Melting Pot of Engineering, Physics, and Mathematics. Thorough discussion covering many of the aspects necessary to build a quantum internet. Qubit. ‘We need to think out of the box’: physicist Maria Spiropulu on how to build the quantum internet Experimental physicist […]
Canada Focuses on Quantum Computing Threat to Cybersecurity. The Quantum Threat to Cyber Security There is growing recognition of the need for society to prepare for increasingly sophisticated threats to the cyber systems that our critical infrastructure and democratic institutions rely on. Doing so will […]
Cybersecurity, Quantum Key Distribution and the University of Cambridge. Quantum leap towards cybersecurity. The University of Cambridge. When buying an item online, we voluntarily hand over our credit card information. But how do we know that it’s safe? Most sensitive information sent over the internet […]
Major Challenges to Implementation of Quantum-safe Cryptosystems. Future-proof cybersecurity: Addressing implementation challenges in quantum cryptography. SC Magazine. As cyberattacks grow in number and sophistication, it is essential that data is protected. But in today’s evolving threat landscape, this is not as simple as applying traditional […]
All Possible Futures Generated from Prototype Quantum Device Singapore and Australian scientists build a machine to see all possible futures. In the 2018 movie Infinity War, a scene featured Dr. Strange looking into 14 million possible futures to search for a single timeline where the […]