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I was surprised to realize that it’s been 9 years (!) since China first demonstrated space-based #QKD (at a 7800 km distance)
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Interesting from Space Insider this week - a report on the landscape for space-based #QKD (there are more companies and governments involved than I realized; China is currently the most mature) https://spaceinsider.tech/2025/03/05/space-based-quantum-key-distribution-market-map-and-competitive-landscape-2025/
Space Insider · Space-Based Quantum Key Distribution: Market Map and Competitive Landscape 2025A Deep Dive into Secure Quantum Communications Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is emerging as a foundational technology for secure communication in the
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Now we have a press release from Toshiba and Orange announcing the world’s first commercial #quantum safe network offering, combining #QKD and #PQC. Haven’t been able to read the tech specs yet but it’s now available in the Paris metro area, and already has a financial services customer.
The pace of innovation in this space is constantly accelerating.
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Orange BusinessOrange Quantum Defender: Cybersecurity in FranceOrange and Toshiba launch Quantum Defender, a secure quantum network in Paris, protecting sensitive data against future quantum computing cyber threats.
https://www.europesays.com/uk/162282/ China scientists put direct quantum communications tech to test in space flight #BeijingAcademyOfQuantumInformationSciences #China #ChinesePhysicists #QKD #QSDC #QuantumCommunication #QuantumKeyDistribution #Science #ScienceBulletin #Shanghai #Space #UK #UnitedKingdom #Xinhua #Yuanxingzhe1Rocket
https://www.europesays.com/uk/115518/ The Mobile NetworkWhat should telcos do about quantum? #Computing #Google #Infleqtion #KETS #KIPU #OxfordQuantumCircuits #QKD #Quantum #Rigetti #Security #Technology #UK #UnitedKingdom
The NCSC’s advisory deadline of 2035 for organisations to introduce quantum-safe algorithms is too late, according to some industry insiders.
The NCSC’s advisory deadline of 2035 for organisations to introduce quantum-safe algorithms is too late, according to some industry insiders.
UK cybersecurity agency National Cyber Security Centre is recommending that organisations start replacing existing asymmetric public key cryptosystems with post-quantum cryptography (PQC) alternatives to defend themselves against quantum computers
www.computing.co.ukQuantum computing is coming for your cryptography, warns NCSCNo need to panic just yet, but plans to move to quantum-safe alternatives should be in place by 2028 at the latest
I thought sure I had shared this in December, but I can't find it - researchers at Northwestern University demonstrated for the first time ever #QKD (quantum key distribution; in this case the entanglement-based flavor, as opposed to the prepare & measure flavor) traffic over a fiber optic cable also carrying live Internet traffic, proving there's a path towards quantum and classical networks sharing a unified physical infrastructure. This will make adoption *MUCH* easier than having to roll out dedicated infrastructure for the #quantum Internet. https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2024/12/first-demonstration-of-quantum-teleportation-over-busy-internet-cables/
news.northwestern.eduFirst demonstration of quantum teleportation over busy Internet cablesNorthwestern University engineers are the first to successfully demonstrate quantum teleportation over a fiber optic cable already carrying Internet traffic.
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@Em0nM4stodon not only is it good opsec but for biz in particular they want and need secure comms - just to conduct business #alice and bob #bb84 #pki #qkd #5g security #evercookie
somehow I think I missed this announcement back in October: China is launching two or three #quantum communications satellites into LEO this year. The satellites build upon the pioneering Mozi satellite that China launched in 2016 to test #QKD and entanglement in space.
https://spacenews.com/china-to-launch-new-quantum-communications-satellites-in-2025/
SpaceNews · China to launch new quantum communications satellites in 2025
Ready to start your #Quantum learning journey?
The first learning units in our new #QuantumTech #eAcademy are out, including an intro block on Quantum Algebra and units on IBM Qiskit and ETSI standard key exchange APIs!
And many more units are in the works, covering #QuantumCommunications, #QuantumComputing, #QKD, simulation, resources, sensing and metrology, standardisation.
Use our interactive metro map to access units and to get an overview of what’s yet to come: https://wiki.geant.org/display/NETDEV/Quantum+Technology+Training
Teams from Europe (PSNC, GÉANT, SURF) and the US (Internet2, ESnet, ICAIR/Northwestern University, StarLight) have come together to demonstrate — as a world first — how both the #quantum and classical compute systems can be integrated on a world scale, to help support the next generation of advanced #research!
Don't miss the upcoming demo at the PSNC Booth (#1149) at #SC24: https://connect.geant.org/2024/11/13/distributed-hybrid-quantum-computing-in-a-post-quantum-cryptography-world-global-demonstration-planned-for-sc24
GÉANT CONNECT Online | The leading collaboration on e-infrastructure and services for research and education · Distributed Hybrid Quantum Computing in a post-Quantum Cryptography World – Global Demonstration Planned for SC24 | GÉANT CONNECT OnlineQuantum computing offers huge opportunities to the research and education (R&E) community as well as to commercial enterprise. Quantum computers have the power to tackle problems far beyond the current reach of classical computing, from simulating complex protein folding and predicting meteorological phenomena to modelling financial systems. However, quantum computers themselves are expensive, sensitive devices
EU Revives Quantum Communication Investment with $97M to Secure Europe’s Infrastructure https://www.byteseu.com/504963/ #CEFDigital #ConnectingEuropeFacility #Europe #EuropeanUnion #EuroQCI #QKD #QuantumCommunication
Note that #QKD depends upon cryptography to work, which means that you need post quantum cryptography to make QKD work long term.
> https://mastodon.social/users/fj/statuses/113237180221932692
MastodonFrederic Jacobs (@fj@mastodon.social)ESA continues to do partnerships to continue trying to make #QKD happen, despite being less practical and making little sense compared to post-quantum cryptography 😔
The #Draghi report should have called out "Post-quantum cryptography, not QKD" ...
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Connectivity_and_Secure_Communications/ESA_and_Honeywell_join_forces_for_ultra-secure_data_protection_with_quantum-enabled_satellites
www.esa.intESA and Honeywell join forces for ultra-secure data protection with quantum-enabled satellitesIn today's complex digital landscape, ensuring secure communications and data protection has become increasingly challenging. Recognising the need to safeguard sensitive information, ESA has partnered with Honeywell UK, a global technology leader in aerospace and digital solutions, to develop quantum satellite technology that could revolutionise data protection for citizens, businesses and governments across Europe and beyond.
I knew that #NSA wasn't big on Quantum Key Distribution, but it was news to me that #QKD as an encryption system class would not be approved for any US national security systems:
“NSA will not approve the use of that class. You know, the quantum key distribution, that class of key exchange for any national security systems.”
From No Such Podcast: The Cutting Edge of Classified: Research at NSA, 26 Sep 2024
https://podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/no-such-podcast/id1763301518?i=1000670753173&r=1648
Apple PodcastsThe Cutting Edge of Classified: Research at NSAHow does NSA stay ahead of its foreign adversaries? Emerging technologies can have significant impacts on national security, further heightening the critical na
and LO, the YouTube playlist of all the recorded talks has dropped!! Folks, this is WAY better than reading through my livestream below; in particular I urge you to check out talks 1, 3, 5, 9, and 11 (my overall faves) - but all of these are really good (and *mostly* accessible to the lay person, of which I am one :)) Huge thanks to Dr. Farbod Khoshnoud from Caltech as the overall organizer of this shindig; I can't wait for next year.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4oPL6df1kWELng4Ogx-xqC8Bqyt1lJV6
https://infosec.exchange/@darkuncle/112530986799518353
ESA is working on quantum key distribution for satellites; pretty interesting project here (the intersection of quantum computing, security, and space is going to be a really hot location for the next decade or so) https://www.esa.int/Applications/Connectivity_and_Secure_Communications/Secure_communication_via_quantum_cryptography #QKD #PQC #quantum
www.esa.intSecure communication via quantum cryptographyAn ultra-secure telecommunications satellite that uses the unbreakable laws of physics to keep information private is being developed in partnership with ESA.
Quantum Key Distribution Meets Post-Quantum Cryptography
— IEEE Spectrum
“People can’t predict theoretically that these PQC algorithms won’t be broken one day,” Finke says. “On the other hand, QKD—there are theoretical arguments based on quantum physics that you can’t break a QKD network.”
IEEE Spectrum · Quantum Cryptography Has Everyone Scrambling
#Denmark has a longstanding tradition when it comes to #Quantum Physics.
The Danish NREN DeiC is carrying it forward by playing a leading role in realising world class #QuantumInfrastructure for Danish #Research & #Innovation: https://connect.geant.org/2024/07/03/its-a-quantum-affair
Also featured in #CONNECT46, the latest issue of our CONNECT Magazine: https://connect.geant.org/connect46
#QuantumCommunications #QuantumCompetences #QuantumNetworks #QKD #QuantumComputers #EuroQCI #QuantumPhysics #NRENs #Network @nordunet