Quantum computing and quantum networking

IBM, Microsoft and Boeing mark advances in quantum computing

IBM, Microsoft and Boeing mark advances in quantum computing

IBM today announced its Quiskit Functions Catalog, a collection of services that are designed to make it easier for enterprise developers to experiment with quantum…

Quantum networking takes off… into space

Quantum networking takes off… into space

Boeing plans to send a satellite into space to facilitate quantum communications, the company announced at the Quantum World Congress.

Post-quantum encryption: Crypto flexibility will prepare firms for quantum threat, experts say

Post-quantum encryption: Crypto flexibility will prepare firms for quantum threat, experts say

NIST standards for quantum-safe encryption are due out this summer. As quantum computing advances, enterprises need to consider their encryption infrastructure and post-quantum security strategies.

What Microsoft’s error-correction milestone means for usable quantum computing

What Microsoft’s error-correction milestone means for usable quantum computing

In an achievement claimed to usher in a new era of quantum computing, Microsoft and Quantinuum showcase logical qubits with error rates up to 800…

Error-correction breakthroughs bring quantum computing a step closer

Error-correction breakthroughs bring quantum computing a step closer

Three startups have announced error-correction breakthroughs that could accelerate enterprise adoption of quantum computing.

Cybersecurity in a Post-Quantum World

Cybersecurity in a Post-Quantum World

Experts agree that future quantum computers will break most current encryption when they become sufficiently powerful. The code to do this – Shor’s algorithm –…

Commercial quantum networks inch closer to primetime

Commercial quantum networks inch closer to primetime

The potential for attackers to use quantum computers to crack public key cryptography algorithms is driving research and investment in developing quantum-safe networks.

Quantum Computing for the Pharmaceutical Industry

Pharmaceutical companies are using quantum computers to make drug discovery faster and safer.

Quantum Computing for the Supply Chain – Delivering New Efficiencies

A new report from Enter Quantum explains how supply chain enterprises are turning to quantum computers to solve routing problems. Finding optimal delivery routes gets…

How Quantum Computing is Supporting Financial Services

The financial services industry has been one of the first to benefit from emerging quantum computing solutions, which can support use cases including targeting and…

What is Quantum Computing and What Does It Have to Do with Encryption?

Data center cybersecurity managers need to start planning now for when quantum computing breaks current encryption standards.

Managing Encryption for Data Centers Is Hard. And It Will Get Harder

DATA CENTER KNOWLEDGE–With multi-cloud already here and quantum computing on the horizon, most should probably leave encryption to the experts.

Quantum Teleportation Makes Progress, But Toward What?

DATA CENTER KNOWLEDGE–What could scientists’ recent success in teleporting quantum states mean for data centers of the future?

What is quantum cryptography? It’s no silver bullet, but could improve security

In the arms race between white and black hats, the infosec industry looks to quantum cryptography and quantum key distribution (QKD). That may be just…

A New Type of Network Is on the Rise to Combat the Quantum Threat to Encryption

“Quantum-proof” encryption algorithms won’t be entirely quantum-proof. Quantum key distribution networks could be the answer.

8 old technologies that still play roles in security

Newer isn’t always better, at least where cybersecurity is concerned. For some applications, these older technologies are still effective ways to protect data and systems.

China’s Quantum Net Advance Offers a Glimpse into the Future of Enterprise Security

Chinese companies actively productizing quantum key distribution, which pushes communications security to a new level Earlier this month, China’s official news agency Xinhua announced the…

Quantum Computing Could Make Today’s Encryption Obsolete

Researchers at top university and corporate labs around the world are in a furious race to create the first practical, usable quantum computer. Quantum computers…

Experts split on how soon quantum computing is coming, but say we should start preparing now

Whether quantum computing promises to make current encryption methods obsolete.

Quantum teleportation brings reliable, super-fast networks a step closer

Scientists at Delft University in the Netherlands have improved the accuracy of a quantum entanglement-based communication channel from one in 100 million in a previous…