Quantum News Briefs October 12: Eviden supports post-quantum algorithms with its network security solution ‘Trustway IP Protect’; D-Wave’s Quantum-Hybrid solutions optimize Satispay’s growing rewards initiatives in Europe; Europe creating network infrastructure based on quantum physics + MORE

Sandra Helsel

7 months ago

Quantum News Briefs looks at news in the quantum industry.

Quantum News Briefs October 12:

Eviden supports post-quantum algorithms with its network security solution ‘Trustway IP Protect’

Eviden has announced its Trustway IP Protect IPSec network security solution will soon support post-quantum algorithms, and expands strategic partnership with CryptoNext Security, a leader in next-generation post-quantum cryptography. Quantum News Briefs summarizes the announcement. Quantum News Briefs summarizes.
As quantum computers are a soon-to-become reality, Eviden anticipates its arrival along with its associated security risks by upgrading its Trustway portfolio to be “post-quantum ready”. Trustway IP Protect will enable customers to migrate progressively towards hybrid encryption solutions, thanks to the integration of post-quantum cryptographic algorithms from CryptoNext Security.
With the latest upgrade of Trustway IP Protect, which will be available in Q1 2024, Eviden has effectively implemented the ANSSI recommendations that advocate a gradual, step-by-step transition towards post-quantum solutions. The primary objective is to progressively increase trust in post-quantum algorithms and their uses, while safeguarding the integrity of traditional (pre-quantum) security measures to prevent any setbacks.
Trustway IP Protect is designed to protect customers from the risks of economic espionage and intrusion into IT infrastructures. Based on a crypto module developed in France Trustway IP Protect range offers the most advanced security features to protect communications up to sensitive environments. It is currently going through the ANSSI Standard Qualification (ANSSI QS) and Common Certified EAL4 certification processes, to ensure the highest level of confidentiality to network communications protection. Click here to read the October 11 announcement in-entirety.

D-Wave’s Quantum-Hybrid solutions optimize Satispay’s growing rewards initiatives in Europe

D-Wave Quantum Inc. and Satispay, an Italian fintech company, announced on October 11 that the companies have built a quantum-hybrid application designed to optimize customer rewards initiatives. Quantum News Briefs summarizes the announcement.
Using D-Wave’s constrained quadratic model (CQM) hybrid solver, the application showed an improvement of 50% in customer rewards programs for the same amount of budget, thus identifying more effective approaches to Satispay’s rewards programs and efforts to increase membership to the revolutionary and independent payment network.
Satispay plans to transition the quantum-hybrid application into production, with internal teams expected to use it weekly. The work between D-Wave and Satispay comes at a time when Satispay adoption is on the rise in countries such as Italy and France, with consumers and businesses alike looking for a seamless, secure and easy way to send, receive and spend money.
“It is our mission at Satispay to simplify payments to improve everyone’s life, and we’re looking at innovative ways we can accelerate adoption and usage of our network to quickly build out our market footprint in service of that vision,” said Dario Brignone, founder and CTO of Satispay. “Together with D-Wave, we’ve built a quantum-hybrid application that has demonstrated immediate business value at scale, helping us more effectively manage our rewards program to save money, improve rewards appreciation and drive increased membership.”
“Digital payments represent one of the fastest-growing trends in financial services,” said Murray Thom, vice president of quantum business innovation at D-Wave. “By applying the power of quantum-hybrid technology to optimize Satispay’s customer acquisition strategies, we’re helping one of Europe’s top fintech companies unlock a competitive advantage and bring its independent payment network to more customers, faster.” Click here to read the announcement in-entirety.

Europe creating network infrastructure based on quantum physics

Europe is pushing to create a network infrastructure based on quantum physics. Quantum News Briefs summarizes the October 11 article by Jonathan O’Callaghan in Horizon: The EU Research & Innovation Magazine.
The Quantum Internet Alliance, or QIA, the project brings together research institutes and companies across Europe. The initiative is receiving €24 million in EU funding over three and a half years until the end of March 2026.
‘It is not meant to replace the classical internet, but to work together,’ said Stephanie Wehner, a German native who coordinates the QIA and is a professor of quantum information at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. ‘We’re not going to replace Netflix.’
A key concept in quantum physics is entanglement. If two particles are entangled, no matter how far apart they are in space, they will possess similar properties – for example, both having the same measurement of something called “spin”, a quantum version of the direction that the particles are spinning. The spin state of the particles isn’t clear until they are observed. Until then, they’re in multiple states called superposition. But when one is observed, the state of both particles becomes known.
‘We can use the properties of quantum entanglement to achieve a means of secure communication that is probably secure even if the attacker has a quantum computer,’ said Wehner.
The secure communications afforded by a quantum internet could open up a much broader range of applications that are well beyond the bounds of the classical internet.
The ultimate goal is to extend quantum nodes to much bigger ranges, perhaps 500 kilometres, and create a prototype of a quantum internet that can link remote cities – much like the classical internet relies on different nodes to create a global internet. While a quantum internet could exist for specialised applications as soon as 2029, experts are wary of hazarding a guess about when a full version might be available for a wide range of uses. ‘It’s a very difficult question,’ said Wehner.
Click here to read the complete text of the comprehensive article in Horizon: The EU Research & Innovation Magazine.

Adtran and Orange demo 400G transmission of QKD-secured data across 184km end-to-end system

Adtran announced on October3 its collaboration with Orange on a lab trial of quantum key distribution (QKD) technology, marking a key step towards safeguarding real-world networks from the threat of quantum computer attacks. Quantum News Briefs summarizes.
Using a unique arrangement of the most advanced QKD and WDM technologies, the milestone multi-vendor demo successfully showcased 400Gbit/s transmission of a QKD-secured 100Gbit/s data stream over a 184km SSMF through three QKD links and two trusted nodes. A hybrid approach combining classical cryptography and QKD was utilized, setting a new standard for future-proof security. Running over heterogeneous end-to-end infrastructure, the trial demonstrates the technology’s maturity for widespread commercial deployment. Both the Layer 1 encryption and hybrid key exchange used in the trial are enabled by Adva Network Security’s ConnectGuard^™ solution.
The trial featured Adtran’s products-and-services with OpenFabric^™️ technology for efficient encryption key distribution and optimized link performance. Leveraging a coherent 400Gbit/s DP-16QAM channel, the platform transported a QKD-secured data stream across two trusted nodes and three links, spanning 184km of standard, single-mode dark fiber. One of the trial’s key achievements was overcoming data loss and distance constraints while transporting significant volumes of quantum-secure data alongside the quantum channel. The trial introduced a hybrid key exchange, blending classical asymmetric methods with QKD, creating a robust dual layer of security. While classical key exchange ensures immediate data protection in line with current cryptographic standards and governmental approval, QKD offers future-proof security, resilient against future computational advancements.
DTRAN Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN and FSE: QH9) is the parent company of Adtran, Inc., a leading global provider of open, disaggregated networking and communications solutions that enable voice, data, video and internet communications across any network infrastructure. Adtran solutions are used by service providers, private enterprises, government organizations and millions of individual users worldwide.
Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators with revenues of 43.5 billion euros in 2022 and 136,000 employees worldwide at 30 June 2023, including 74,000 employees in France. The Group has a total customer base of 291 million customers worldwide at 30 June 2023, including 246 million mobile customers and 24 million fixed broadband customers. The Group is present in 26 countries. Orange is also a leading provider of global IT and telecommunication services to multinational companies under the brand Orange Business. Click here to read the complete announcement.

Sandra K. Helsel, Ph.D. has been researching and reporting on frontier technologies since 1990. She has her Ph.D. from the University of Arizona.