Senetas and Thales Launch the World’s First Quantum Resistant Network Encryption Solution
05 Mai 2021 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
- Customers are able to protect sensitive data against future
quantum attacks
- Solution meets pending global standard for quantum resistant
encryption algorithms
- Organisations around the world can now deliver quantum security
strategy with quantum resistant encryption
Thales and Senetas have collaborated to launch the world’s
first quantum resistant network encryption solution, capable of
protecting customer data (at speeds up to 100 Gbps) against future
quantum attacks. Regarded as among the most significant threat to
cybersecurity, quantum-computing looks set to render many of
today’s security methods, such as encryption, obsolete.
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With estimates that a working quantum computer outside a lab
environment will be a reality within the next five to 10 years,
minimum security requirement standards are being developed to
protect data in a quantum world. The United States National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is currently selecting
finalists amongst the quantum safe encryption algorithms being
developed. In anticipation of this, the collaboration between
Thales and Senetas supports the current finalists (including
Thales’ Falcon algorithm), enabling an easy transition to the
winning formula expected to be chosen by NIST in 2022. The solution
also supports the latest European Telecommunication Standards
Institute standards for how quantum keys are created, protected and
distributed – an important and emerging security capability that
has application usage in 5G networks.
Future protection
Enabling customers to combine both conventional and quantum
resistant encryption in a single network security platform, the
solution also provides long-term data protection in a quantum
world. Hackers harvesting encrypted data today, will come unstuck
when attempting to break data with supercomputing power in the
future. The adoption of the new standards will protect any critical
data and continue to render the data useless without the correct
key.
“As quantum computing becomes a reality, organisations around
the world should develop a quantum security strategy and start
planning to implement quantum resistant encryption sooner rather
than later. This is the first to market high-speed network
encryption platform that provides quantum resistant encryption with
today’s encryption technology. Our government, defense and business
customers can make a secure transition to a future quantum-safe
world knowing data is protected for the long-term,” said Andrew
Wilson, Senetas CEO.
“It’s vital that businesses understand that all of today’s
encryption standards are not fit for a quantum world. Hackers know
quantum is coming and are actively working to steal data now so
they can access it in the future, and large and multi-national
organisations are most at risk due to compliance and privacy
mandates. Businesses can’t afford to wait, the time is now to
review their security quantum strategy,” said Todd Moore, Vice
President, Encryption Solutions at Thales.
About Thales
Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) is a global leader in advanced
technologies, investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations –
connectivity, big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and
quantum computing – to build a confident future crucial for the
development of our societies. The Group provides its customers –
businesses, organisations and governments – in the defense,
aeronautics, space, transport, and digital identity and security
domains with solutions, services and products that help them fulfil
their critical role, consideration for the individual being the
driving force behind all decisions.
Thales has 81,000 employees in 68 countries. In 2020 the Group
generated sales of €17 billion.
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