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 […]
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, […]
IBM Gobbles Up Another University: University of Louisville The University of Louisville and IBM announced a partnership that includes the establishment of an IBM Skills Academy focused on digital learning and technology skills. It will be housed in the newly-created Center for Digital Transformation in […]
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 […]
India’s Centre for Development of Advanced Computing Conference Supporting Quantum Computing and Quantum Cryptography. India looks to keep stride in the marathon of quantum computing. Tying efforts with high-performance computing and cybersecurity, a conference will be held this week to discuss further applications of disruptive […]
U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology Post-quantum Computing Project Update. FCW is reporting the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Chief of the Computer Security Division, Matthew Scholl, discussed current the post-quantum cryptography standardization project during a briefing to the Information Security […]
Quantum Security Gets Its Own Conference in Toronto. Quantum Summit, from NXMLabs. The inaugural Quantum Summit, to be held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre April 24-25, 2019, brings together leading private and public sector experts to share insights on the latest advances in […]
Chief Information Officers: What Quantum Computing’s Arrival Means for You. The ‘drama’ surrounding the media’s play for quantum computing is well, dramatic. But take a step back and look at the reality of it. As a Chief Information Officer, you have an obligation to see past […]
Commercially Available 4-Qubit Quantum Processor Provides Cryptographic Security. Cambridge Quantum Computing (“CQC”), a leader in quantum computing technologies, will be demonstrating “IronBridge” – the world’s first commercially available certifiable Quantum Cryptographic Device – in booth # 1847C at this year’s RSA Conference in San Francisco. […]
How CipherLoc “Future Proofs” Encryption. The below diagram and high-level protocol steps are from CipherLoc’s materials at their website. We found it worthwhile to repost here, with appropriate links back to the provider, CipherLoc. Security strength can be vastly improved via a variety of […]
NIST Approves “Future Proof” Encryption Protocol. CipherLoc Corporation, a provider of highly secure, quantum-safe data protection technology, today announced FIPS 140-2 (Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2) validation certificate #3381 has been awarded to the CipherLoc Polymorphic Encryption Engine Core solution by the National Institute of […]
5G Softwareization and Quantum Cryptography. Cybersecurity of network data is an industry in itself. Add 5G and you place more data in vulnerable environments; in the case of 5G, the airwaves. Where the data can easily be captured for processing. That is the easy vulnerability to […]
Post-Quantum Cryptography and Digital Risk Management. RSA Security has set out to focus on corporate digital-risk management. RSA’s leadership believes digital risk “will be the largest facet of risk going forward.” RSA Security’s interest is in the business aspect vice the technology aspect. However, technology cannot […]
Quantum Cryptography Series, Explanations. Keeping ourselves reminded, or perhaps getting a first dose of what quantum computing, cybersecurity, and quantum cryptography all have in common, is becoming a necessity in the cybersecurity world. The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is working diligently on […]
Commercializing Quantum Cryptographic Agility. ISARA Corporation, situated in ‘Quantum Valley’ Canada, is set to unveil new tools integrating NIST Round 2 post-quantum algorithms. The company is yet another example of commercialization of quantum computing. As the science and technology emerges, government, academia, and industry are […]
U.S. Government Vision for 2030. The U.S. Principal Deputy, Department of Defense Chief Information Officer, Essye Miller, envisions “Advancements in 5G Communications, Artificial Intelligence, and Quantum Computing are poised to fundamentally transform the cybersecurity and IT landscape.” Further, she foresees the U.S. government playing a cybersecurity […]
India’s Only Quantum Cybersecurity Device Developer. India has made headway into developing quantum computing over the past several years. Though behind the U.S., Europe, Canada, and China, it is arguable that QNu is a result of India’s attempts at joining the quantum computing race. QNu is […]
Considering Costs of Upgrading PKI to PQC. Keeping secrets safe from quantum computing is making news. Fortunately, quantum computing has not arrived, per se. However, its eventuality is certain. Planning for protecting client data is paramount and should begin now. Transitioning your encryption infrastructure will take […]
Revisit: U.S. NSF Award to Study Cyber Hacking of Post Quantum Cryptographic Algorithm Implementations. Quantum computers are believed to have a potential to perform specialized calculations beyond the reach of any supercomputer in existence today, threatening today’s major public-key cryptography standards. Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) is devoted […]
Studying Cyber Attacks on Post-quantum Cryptographic Algorithm Implementations. Florida Atlantic University is one of a trio of schools to have received funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation to study post-quantum computing algorithms. The funds are to study the vulnerabilities of post-quantum computing resistant algorithm implementation. […]
Canadian Firm Aims at End User Protection. 01 Communique Laboratory, Inc., has big plans for protecting customer data, email, and other public key cryptographic systems. Officially, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has received the company’s patent request for a “unique cryptographic system that is not […]
DigiCert Studying Post-Quantum Cryptography. DigiCert unveiled its digital certificate management platform for the cloud. Foundational to the development is cybersecurity. Dubbed “CertCentral Enterprise” the initiative enhances the strengths of DigiCert’s current offerings with the recently acquired Symantec Public Key Infrastructure. For cybersecurity, the CertCentral Enterprise platform […]
Barclays Keen on Quantum Computing. This past December, Barclays joined the IBM Q Network. Barclay’s membership is one of several Fortune 500 companies, numerous startups, research labs and universities who are part of the IBM Q. “The membership gives the bank access to IBM’s quantum processors […]
U.S. Quantum Key Distribution Leader a Finalist in SXSW 2019. Quantum Xchange, a Bethesda, Maryland, company, has been chosen as a one of five finalists to demonstrate their accomplishment at the South by South West Interactive Innovation Awards, March 9. From their news release: “A quantum […]
End-to-End Encryption Without Government Intervention (With a Quantum Nexus). The CEO of Wire presents a case for non-government intervention in end-to-end encryption [E2EE]. Being on the cybersecurity side of, well, cyber, the case is made in simple language any of us can grasp. Of course, […]
Qubesat Test Bed for Quantum Key Distribution. Longstanding cybersecurity collaboration between Singapore and UK governments has resulted in securing financial transactions and online conversations. The next step is to take cyber security to the highest level – using quantum key distribution enabled with satellites. The two […]
Disruptive Tech: Financial Security Sector Takes Notice. With the advent of “disruptive technology”, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and machine learning each have been lumped under this category. Reporting from Financial Advisor magazine is indicative of the level of interest in these techs. Quantum computing’s threat to […]
Modernizing Militaries to Secure Against Quantum Computing. “Advances in quantum computing by our adversaries may threaten our comparative advantage in encryption/decryption of electronic information.” Recent advances in quantum computing throughout the globe threaten perceived U.S. advantage in encryption and decryption of data. Unless the U.S. […]
Not So Cheery Quantum Computing Prediction Beyond 2019… Top technology innovations for 2019 include blockchain’s comeback, artificial intelligence’s expansion via the cloud, and quantum computing. But all is not as transformative – in 2019 – as one would imagine. According to this op-ed, quantum computers […]
Quantum-resistant Cryptography: Lattice Cryptography Now Needed. While the U.S. government is not-funding certain “non-essential” aspects of government at present, the NIST quantum-resistant algorithm ‘challenge’ is on a temporary hold. The issue at stake is the collaborative development of quantum computing resistant algorithms: Algorithms and protocols which […]
Cybersecurity Protection from Quantum Computing,”To Do” List 2019. The 4th European Cybersecurity Forum, CYBERSEC 2018, is one of the biggest European cybersecurity conferences. Annually providing a comprehensive overview of the strategic aspects of cybersecurity, this year the forum theme was “The Quest for Cyber Trust”. Of […]
How Quantum Computing Could Affect Bitcoin and Blockchain. Shor’s algorithm enables quantum computers to drastically reduce “the time required to factorize the product of two primes.” The algorithm, when executed with a quantum computer, derives a private key from a public key in a predicted few […]
Cybersecurity and Quantum Computing Research on Upswing. New study suggests trends under cybersecurity’s academic research moniker are on the upswing. Data collected from two 5-years periods, 2008 to 2013 and 2013 to 2018, were compared. Quantum computing projects nearly doubled. In part, the threat to encryption […]
IoT Security: Solved by Crypto Quantique’s Chip? IoT device cybersecurity, or lack thereof, is a seemingly insurmountable challenge. Given the millions of devices already in place and the millions more on their way, securing these devices may be more readily accomplished than previously thought. Claiming […]
Quantum Key Distribution and Wind Turbines, G.E. and U.S. DoE Protecting the Grid. GE protecting the grid, the wind turbines, and quantum computing systems; having been awarded $12.6M by the U.S. DoE. Reference is found at Windpower ENGINEERING & DEVELOPMENT… Additional reference…
Keeping Quantum Computing Expectations In Perspective. An educated opinion stating “Given the current state of quantum computing and recent rates of progress, it is highly unexpected that a quantum computer that can compromise RSA 2048 or comparable discrete logarithm- based public key cryptosystems will be built […]
Less than 20 years to Quantum Supremacy. 20 or More Years to Implement Quantum Resistant Encryption. Adopting quantum-resistant encryption by your enterprise could take 20 years. By then, quantum computers could be in the hands of hackers or malicious nation-states. With your organization’s data and […]
Risk Versus Reward in the Legal Department. Encourage your legal office, or department, as it were, to get on-board with cybersecurity. Because quantum is coming. And it’s good to be secure with your clients’ data. Report is found at legalitinsider… The Quantum Revolution Cybersecurity and Cryptography […]
Internet of Things and Quantum Cryptography. The Internet of Things is driving the fourth industrial revolution; how might quantum cryptography benefit the IoT? Report is found at Engineering.com…
Mitigating Data Exposure to Quantum Computing. A simplified risk-timeline has four influencing factors to consider; given you have made a complete cryptographic inventory. The four factors to consider are: 1/ Cryptographic strength of the algorithms in use to protect data and communications 2/ Length of […]
Smart Industry’ Strategy Fueling French R&D Lab. Ground-breaking started on a 5M Euro ‘Smart Industry’ investment by Atos Quantum. The investment is an 8,000 square meter quantum computing research and development facility. Quantum-enabled cybersecurity, hybrid supercomputers, and other quantum computing solutions are expected to be […]
First Quantum Key Distribution Network: Boston to D.C. Quantum Xchange has joined with Zayo Group to provide the United States’ first quantum key distribution network. “Phio”, as the network has been called initially, will utilize 500 miles of fiber. The QKD network is expected to […]
Cybersecurity, Quantum Resistant Algorithms: Humans are Still a Bigger Threat. NIST produced the “Report on Post-Quantum Cryptography” in 2016. It’s making some heads turn today. Cryptographic implementations and methods are wide and varied. SSL, AES-256, time needed for data storage, and crypto key length […]
Quantum Key Distribution: Photons, Data Rates, Fibers. Research team from the Technical University of Denmark achieves multi-fold increase in quantum encryption key bitrates. From their earlier research, the team’s work “achieved low and stable quantum bit error rate” – a key challenge in quantum […]
Cybersecurity and the Electric Grid: Illusion? The author’s opinion presented challenges us to consider our reliance on the U.S. electrical grid; is its security an illusion? Many claim we have little to worry about. Those that do fit into the “Relax Camp.” The “We’re […]
Quantum Computing & Your Chief Information Security Officer. CISOs must put quantum computing and quantum cybersecurity on their scope. From Schrodinger’s cat to blockchain technology, using photons to provide security is likely their next best bet. This report is found here at Forbes… […]