Schwew! “Quantum Computing is Here to Stay” Quantum Computing is Here to Stay Excerpts and salient points ~ + Quantum computing is here to stay. Although not in its final state, it is clear that quantum computing will influence and change computing for years to come. […]
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, […]
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 […]
Quantum Computing Report: The Cryptopocalypse is Coming. A reminder of the basics of cryptography, quantum computing, and the threat to, and vulnerability of encryption, is the way to get the week started. Lost in the shine of quantum computing technology recently, the vulnerability of your […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Should China be Considered as Having Already Taken the Quantum Leap? A three part series on quantum computing from National Defense periodical online was released this week. Part 2’s salient points: • “China’s leaders recognize the strategic potential of quantum science and technology to enhance […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lattice-based Quantum-resistant Algorithm & Chip Fits IoT Nodes. Engineers from MIT have reported the creation of an encryption system that performs one of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) quantum-resistant algorithms currently under study. Further, the algorithm is contained in “a chip […]
Quantum Information Science is Ramping Up at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The Computational Science Initiative at Brookhaven Lab is expanding efforts in quantum information science through a newly formed Quantum Computing Group. The national lab is at the forefront of computing technologies. Known for leading data […]
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 […]
Size, Stability, Power Consumption: New Quantum Clock for Satellites. (News Release from RICOH…) Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ricoh co. and The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology have developed an ultra-lowpower atomic clock (ULPAC) for small satellites to enable future communication […]
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 […]
Intralogistics Industry Notes Quantum Computing Threat to Security. Disruptive technologies are encroaching on every aspect of the world’s economies. Driving these economies is international trade. LogiMAT 2019 is slated for February 19 to 21 in Stuttgart, Germany. LogiMAT is the leading international trade fair providing […]
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 […]
NIST Narrows Candidate Quantum-resistant Algorithms. On the last day of January, 2019, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology released its latest list of quantum-resistant algorithms. Now, well into the process, the NIST goal is to select one or more public-key crypto algorithms and make […]
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 […]
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, […]
Quantum Computing and Risks to Cyber Security. Chief Information Security Officer for Bytes Software Services, Steve Marshall, discusses the influence of quantum computing on cyber security. Effects he discusses cover post-quantum cryptography, quantum-resistant cryptography, and how quantum computing impacts information security. Podcast is found here… […]
Quantum Computing Memory. Quantum memories are essential for quantum information processing. Techniques have been developed for quantum memory based on atomic ensembles. The nascent “Raman Process” shows promise. Memory efficiency remains an “unsolved bottleneck.” Recent work marks an important advance of quantum memory towards practical […]
U.S. Has a Head Start in Quantum Arms Race? A quantum-technology military arms race between the U.S. and China is on. Given China’s ‘impressive effort to turbocharge quantum research’ in military-applied quantum technology and the U.S.’ quiet but known efforts, the gap between these powerful […]
Mounting Concern Over Quantum Supremacy. Basic discussion over the concern of quantum computing’s likely supremacy over classical systems and the implications to current data encryption. Reference is found at jaxenter…
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…
IBM to Showcase Quantum Computing. The largest consumer electronics show, CES, is taking place January 8-11, 2019, in Las Vegas. IBM is showcasing quantum computing alongside other technology to include artificial intelligence. This helps pave the way to rolling out quantum computing for the masses; though, […]
Secure Data Transmission. With the rendering of today’s encryption unsafe by quantum computing, quantum-safe cryptographic solutions and services are being taken up as defense to this perceived inevitability. Reference is found at Information Age…
Risk and Mitigations for Quantum Computing Enterprise Systems. What is the scope of the quantum computing risk to your cryptographic infrastructure? This report looks at the issues related to all of your business systems. It encompasses transaction systems including external businesses and those for […]
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 […]
McAfee’s Chief Technology Officer Expresses Post-Quantum Concerns. If you’re going to build an airplane, you need to build wings, body, and engines; building them in parallel is logical. Shouldn’t this be applied to NIST’s post-quantum cryptography algorithm effort? This report is found here at […]
Quantum Resistant PKI and Key Management for IoT Devices. More corporations are working on the hard-problems created by the threat of quantum computers to current encryption methods to include PKI and key management and delivery. While NIST is developing post-quantum computer-resistant algorithms, the commercial sector […]