U.S. Congress Introduces Cybersecurity Bill Prompted in Part by Quantum Computing’s Threat

U.S. Congress Introduces Cybersecurity Bill Prompted in Part by Quantum Computing’s Threat  This past week, the second session of the 116th U.S. Congress saw a bill proposed placing cybersecurity as one of the grand challenges the U.S. faces.  The Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems Act of 2020, or […]

U.S. Naval Research Lab Enables High-Speed Diodes Via Quantum Tunneling

U.S. Naval Research Lab Enables High-Speed Diodes Via Quantum Tunneling NRL researchers create electronic diodes beyond 5G performance David Storm, a research physicist, and Tyler Growden, an electrical engineer, both with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, developed a new gallium nitride-based electrical component called a resonant tunneling diode (RTD) with performance beyond the anticipated speed […]

Australian Firm Calls for Public Policy Supporting Cyber-Resilience in Light of Quantum Computing

Australian Firm Calls for Public Policy Supporting Cyber-Resilience in Light of Quantum Computing Nation needs bipartisan federal cyber policy Key points… +  Australia’s federal opposition spokespersons on cyber-security, Kristina Keneally and Tim Watts, have presented a constructive direction to help Australia become cyber-secure. +  Their statement – “We need policies that bring cyber-security to the […]

Quantum Key Distribution Experiment Could Improve Cybersecurity and Efficiency of U.S. Power Grid

Quantum Key Distribution Experiment Could Improve Cybersecurity and Efficiency of U.S. Power Grid ORNL, LANL-developed quantum technologies go the distance For the second year in a row, a team from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge and Los Alamos national laboratories led a demonstration hosted by EPB, a community-based utility and telecommunications company serving Chattanooga, […]

Cybersecurity Gets Quantum Resistant Layer 2 and Layer 3 Device

Cybersecurity Gets Quantum Resistant Layer 2 and Layer 3 Device Yet another example of the cybersecurity industry leading the way to quantum safe data transmission. The device being peddled is aimed at IPSec and MACsec protocols and the application of quantum-safe algorithms to them.  Interesting to see this latest step toward quantum in the commercial […]

IBM Believes Practical Quantum Computing a Few Years Out

IBM Believes Practical Quantum Computing a Few Years Out Quantum computing still a few years away, but learn it now, says IBMExcerpts and salient points ~ +  IBM predicts the tech industry will have to wait a few more years for mainstream application of quantum computers. But any organization wanting to learn about it now […]

Business Finland Grants $1.4M for Quantum-Safe Cryptography Development

Business Finland Grants $1.4M for Quantum-Safe Cryptography Development Business Finland has awarded a 1.3 million Euro R&D grant to SSH.COM for development of quantum-safe cryptography In connection with the national Post-Quantum Cryptography project, Business Finland has awarded SSH.COM a 1.3 million Euro grant for developing quantum-safe crypto technology. In addition to SSH.COM, the consortium comprises […]

Columbus, Ohio Firm Founded to Provide Quantum Resistance

Columbus, Ohio Firm Founded to Provide Quantum Resistance Data security software firm growing amid pandemic Points to note… +  Once data has been stored online, whether in a cloud-based file or exchanged via email, it may be vulnerable to hackers. Central Ohio company LockDown has developed a protective shield to guard against these attacks, both […]

Uniting Quantum Mechanics and the Theory of Relativity

Uniting Quantum Mechanics and the Theory of Relativity New Theory of Everything Unites Quantum Mechanics with Relativity … and Much More Read More… +  One of the goals of modern physics is to determine the underlying rules that govern our reality. Indeed, one of the wonders of the universe is that just a few rules […]