Quantum Bridge Technologies (QBT), a Canada-based provider of sophisticated quantum-safe communications systems, announced today that it had been awarded a $1 million (CAD) contract under the Innovative Solutions Canada (ISC) Testing Stream for Multiple Quantum-Safe Communications Tools.
Quantum Bridge Technologies (QBT) offers a wide portfolio of unbreakable, trustless quantum-safe communication options for discerning customers who absolutely cannot afford a breach. ISC is a Government of Canada R&D innovation funding initiative for Canadian innovators who seek to innovate, produce, and bring their products to market. ISC also aims to test the company’s Key Management Entity and Black Phone products.
QBT’s Quantum Communication Technology
The company’s communications security solutions are impenetrable, even with today’s advanced quantum computers and those that will be considerably more powerful in the coming years. As a result, banks, utilities, governments, and others now have a scalable and cost-effective solution to mitigate cyber dangers in the short term. Thus, it is foreseeable that the potential market for this equipment is enormous.
The QBT solutions being evaluated are intended to safeguard networks and devices while enhancing their security by pre-sharing security keys with select components to create an unbreakable layer of protection, even with quantum computers’ extraordinary capabilities. This RSA protocol is currently used to protect data by airlines, banks, governments, utilities, and everyone else.
“We are both encouraged that the Government of Canada is testing innovations for quantum safe communications, and pleased to obtain this contract to participate in this important testing phase in real-world environments. Computationally unbreakable encryption which can be mathematically proven, is the pinnacle of communications security. We at QBT are very proud to be on the pathway to commercializing this technology with the support of ISC.”
Mattia Montagna, CEO of Quantum Bridge Technologies
These tools are now available for use and provide impenetrable protection for information and communications in various industries, including government, finance, telecommunications, aerospace, and many more. The solutions use a proprietary protocol called Distributed Symmetric Key Exchange (DSKE).
The Key Management Entity (KME) offers simple, cost-effective, and compact DSKE client services that supply keys to network hardware at any layer of the communications stack, such as network encryptors and switches, and connects easily via conventional API calls. These keys are used to protect existing communications equipment from hostile quantum computer assaults and to eradicate any vulnerabilities.
In addition, QBT is working on a number of proprietary technologies to make the current internet and cellular networks quantum-resistant. These technologies are being actively researched and developed by QBT.