Taking Quantum to the Battlefield Forget M4 Rifles or M-16s: The Army Has a Better Way to Kill the Enemy Selected notes ~ + The age is fast emerging wherein forward-operating soldier sensors, weapons and networking technologies will all rely upon secure computing to perform […]
Proving Quantum Effects Boosts Confidence for Development of Quantum Computers Cracking a decades-old test, researchers bolster case for quantum mechanics Excerpts and salient points ~ + In a new study, researchers demonstrate creative tactics to get rid of loopholes that have long confounded tests of […]
IBM to Implement Quantum-safe Algorithms in the Cloud IBM Drives Quantum-Safe Cryptography Into Its Public Cloud Selected notes ~ + IBM will begin offering quantum-safe cryptography services on its public cloud beginning next year in a move toward bolstering the security of data and privacy […]
Generating True Random Numbers, Has the Holy Grail Been Found? Random numbers for the quantum computing world, has Crypta Labs really cracked it? In brief… + The current state of the art in random number generation uses ring oscillators that can theoretically generate random numbers […]
Discussion of Cryptography, the Quantum Computing Threat, and What NIST Is Doing for Us Cryptographers scramble to protect the internet from attackers armed with quantum computers Excerpts and salient points ~ + A full-fledged quantum computer is still years, if not decades, away. But developers […]
Fujitsu is Working Toward 1M Qubit Quantum Annealer A rather comprehensive description of Fujitsu’s quantum annealing systems and aspirations. Granted, it is brought to you by Fujitsu, effectively. The piece provides a backdrop on the quantum annealing aspect of quantum computing. Because Quantum is Coming. […]
Quantum-resistant, Quantum-safe Digital Currency Revealed David Chaum’s New Quantum-Resistant Digital Currency, Praxxis, Has Arrived Selected notes ~ + David Chaum, widely known for inventing the first digital currency, e-Cash, in the early 1980s, and Amsterdam-based DigiCash, an electronic cash company, in 1990s – has announced […]
Australia Sets Aside $2.9M for University of New South Wales Quantum Data Protection of IoT Tech projects claim half of latest CRC funding round Key points… + The second largest amount of CRC-P funding, $2.9 million, went to another UNSW project which seeks to develop […]
NIST’s Post-quantum Cryptography Semi-finals This Week Bitcoin’s race to outrun the quantum computer In brief… + Want to steal some Bitcoin? All you need to do is find your victim’s 16-character public key and calculate their private key by solving something called an “elliptic curve […]
Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence and The Cyber Threat Landscape Artificial intelligence, quantum computing and the laws of encryption Key points… + Quantum computing took off in the early 90s and is now emerging as the next generation of computing. Operations that take hours and days, […]
Post-quantum Security and Blockchain For the seasoned, always a good reminder to take a step back and see the basics. For the new, a straightforward, quick read over quantum computing, cybersecurity, and blockchain. Because quantum is coming. Qubit. What is post-quantum security and why does […]
IBM Powering Up Cybersecurity Against Quantum Computing Prepare for Future Security Threats Selected notes ~ + No longer can you store and secure all of your data on a single server like you could 20 years ago. We’re in the era of cloud, the Internet […]
Four Weeks of Quantum Summer School Inside the Government’s ‘Quantum Computing Summer School’ Excerpts and salient points ~ + While we have a good sense of what they can do, if you ask a quantum computer person how the computers work, you likely won’t get […]
Too Soon to Lump Quantum Computing in with Cybercrime? Quantum is coming. Some argue it is upon us. Maybe a nation-state already has a functional quantum computing device. One thing is for sure, if a cybercrime syndicate has one, we are not aware. And they’re […]
Post-quantum Cryptography, Basic 101 Keeping it real. Every few weeks we need to remind ourselves of the basics. Post-quantum cryptography, quantum-safe cryptography or quantum-resistant cryptography, if you will, is a hot topic in the business world. Without question, quantum computing’s impacts will have global ramifications. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
First Step to Securing Your Corporation Against Quantum Computing. The Hudson Institute has released a succinct guidebook tailored to an organization’s executive leadership. The guidebook asks and answers numerous, pertinent questions on the topic of quantum computing’s threat to data encryption and what an organization […]
Encrypted Data is Secure Today. But Will it be Crackable with Quantum Computers? Not all encryption will be readily crackable with quantum computers. “Symmetric encryption can be decrypted using the same key that was used to encrypt it, while asymmetric encryption requires one key (the […]
NIST Publishes “How-to” for Shifting Cryptographic Methods Ala Protect Systems from Quantum Computing. Last week the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology released Special Publication 800-131A Revision 2, “Transitioning the Use of Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Lengths”. The document addresses not only the possibility […]
Cracking Encryption By Quantum Computers Causing Fear: What’s Being Done? The key takeaways for The Qubit Report, taken as excerpts, are here. The discussion is worth taking the time to review in entirety. “Technologists fear that a high-capacity quantum computer will be able […]
Basic Quantum 101 and What the U.S. Is Doing with It. Or Isn’t… Doing with It. A three part series on quantum computing from National Defense periodical online was released this week. Part 1’s salient points as found by The Qubit Report: “Quantum computing, quantum […]
Qrypt Awarded Licensing of Quantum Random Number Generator from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory awarded Qrypt one of two of its licensing awards. The award fully recognizes the successful transfer of federal laboratory technologies to the marketplace. From […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The High Tech Tool for Good and Evil. The quantum computing reports we see daily may not be so visible to everyone. If you are new to the prospect of quantum computing and lead an IT or cybersecurity team, CISCO has hammered out a blog post […]
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 […]
5G, Quantum Random Numebr Generation, and Korea. In a short 9 months, the South Korean communications company, SK Telecom, hopes to deploy its 5G service to 85 cities. The quantum nexus to this is the quantum cryptography they plan to employ. With the help of ID […]
More Reasons the Legal Department Must Take Heed of Quantum Computing. Likened to Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation, called the “first serious shot across the corporate bow”, quantum computing needs to be taken seriously. More so than “artificial superintelligence.” Report found at CBA ABC […]
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 […]
U.K.’s Pioneer Fund Aims to Produce in Next 2 Years. Quantum technologies encompassing underground surveying, miniature atomic clocks for timing, integrated chips with quantum safe algorithms, and quantum key distribution for truly secure communications stand to benefit from a new and funded program in the […]
Quantum-resistant Password-Authenticated Key Exchange Partners. Enhancing banking security with quantum-resistant password-authenticated key exchange (PAKE) is a goal for BANKEX and several academic and financial organizations. The dangers of quantum computing to asymmetric cryptography, such as that found in key exchanges, is providing research and […]
Post-Quantum Cryptography, Primer Blog. PQC, or post-quantum cryptography, is becoming a more familiar term amongst cryptographic and cybersecurity communities. With the media-blitz of the coming quantum computing apocalypse, anyone involved in cybersecurity should add to their background some hows and whys for using post-quantum […]
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 […]
Don’t Think a VPN Will Be Safe from Quantum Computing. Quantum-safe virtual private networks require securing from quantum computing’s threat. Not only are VPNs vulnerable, but much of the cryptographic infrastructure affiliated with the VPN. The RSA cryptosystem and elliptic curve cryptographic methods will […]
Maybe NIST Will Save Us. Quick recap of what and why the concern for quantum supremacy. (And a thought that the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology will save us). The deep thoughts are found here at TechBeacon…
Qrypt and ORNL: Making a Hybrid Quantum Approach. Though previously reported, Qrypt is again in the news with its hybrid approach to cybersecurity. Having signed an agreement with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to utilize their research and hardware developed for quantum random number generation, the […]
Quantum Xchange Producing First U.S. Quantum Network. To break a quantum key requires “extraordinary circumstances”. Quantum Xchange discusses its methods to enable use of quantum keys to produce a cybersecure quantum network in the U.S. This report is found here at DIGITAL TRENDS… More on […]
Concern Over Complexity of Cryptographic Methods May Ease. A new partnership between two commercial entities may be able to ease concern over implementing crypto-agile systems which also provide quantum safe (quantum resistant) cryptographic methods. Release is found at INFOSEC GLOBAL…
Concern Over Complexity of Cryptographic Methods May Ease. A new partnership between two commercial entities may be able to ease concern over implementing crypto-agile systems which also provide quantum safe (quantum resistant) cryptographic methods. Release is found at INFOSEC GLOBAL…
Quantum Communications Satellite Commercialization. Heriot-Watt University researchers are developing a fully-autonomous and low-cost quantum-key distribution (QKD) satellite receiver. This report is found at HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY…
Essential Elements of Scaling Quantum Computers. Topological photonics: Don’t require strong magnetic fields; are highly coherent; operate at room-temperature; easily manipulated. This report is found at International Business Times…