From the page“T-Labs, the research and development division within Deutsche Telekom, and Qunnect, the quantum networking pioneer, have successfully demonstrated quantum teleportation over a commercial network in Berlin, marking a major milestone in advancing deployable quantum technologies on existing telecommunications infrastructure. By using newly commercial technologies to overcome instabilities and interferences in existing telecom infrastructure,… Read more »
GSMA (Groupe Sepciale Mobile Association) gives orientation on the national governmental PQC (migration) initiatives. From the webpage on the summary:“The scope of this document is to provide a summary of countries with active PQC programs as context for the Post Quantum Telco analysis. This is not an exhaustive list and is intended to be indicative… Read more »
Blogpost by Google’s Chrome Secure Web and Networking Team From the blog post:“Today we’re announcing a new program in Chrome to make HTTPS certificates secure against quantum computers. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) recently created a working group, PKI, Logs, And Tree Signatures (“PLANTS”), aiming to address the performance and bandwidth challenges that the… Read more »
Article by A. R.-P. Montblach (Quantum Communication and Networking Lead, HSBC), L. Molchanovsky (Cryptography Subject Matter Expert, HSBC), and M. Mosca (Professor at Univeryity of Waterloo) on seeing cryptography as a strategic asset when it comes to crypto migrations From the webpage on the report: As quantum computing advances, it brings unprecedented opportunities as well… Read more »
Article by the Citi Institute, Technology & Innovation, on the challenge imposed by upcoming quantum computing to cryptography. From the webpage on the report:“In the next decade quantum computers are likely to become powerful enough to break widely used public-key encryption. The economic and geopolitical consequences of not preparing for this so-called Q-day could be… Read more »
Project PiQASO reports publication of two papers by consortium member Universität der Bundeswehr München on quantum-safe communication. From the announcement:“Seamless Post-Quantum Transition: Agile and Efficient Encryption for Data-at-Rest: As quantum computing matures, its impact on traditional cryptographic protocols becomes increasingly critical, especially for data-at-rest scenarios where large data sets remain encrypted for extended periods of… Read more »
Research Ireland published the document: “Research Ireland, in the document on this call: Proposals of interest include but are not limited to research regarding secure communications in a post quantum era. This research might include:
The Government-Wide Cryptography Policy Framework published by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations is designed to assist organisations in developing effective cryptography policies. This framework enables agencies to prepare for potential threats in advance and implement the necessary measures. From the webpage on the summary:“The policy framework outlines the general issues related… Read more »
The Dutch national Court of Audit has published its report on the state of the preparation of national governmental organizations for quantum technologies From the webpage on the report:“71% of central government agencies have not yet begun preparations to protect themselves against the threat posed by quantum computers. This is according to the Netherlands Court… Read more »
Algorithm Identifiers for the Stateless Hash-Based Digital Signature Algorithm (SLH-DSA): https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9909 From the LinkedIn post (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stefan-lukas-gazdag-5a30b67a_after-three-years-of-work-we-were-finally-ugcPost-7419043344926023681-abfb) on the standard, by its co-author S.-L. Gazdag (genua GmbH):“After three years of work, we were finally able to publish IETF RFC standards on the use of hash-based signatures in X.509 enabling yet another step in post-quantum migration.” Further… Read more »