[EPIC talk] Quantum Technologies for Cyber Security: from threats to solutions by Bruno Huttner, ID Quantique
Event details
| Date | 16.02.2016 |
| Hour | 16:15 › 18:00 |
| Speaker | Dr Bruno Huttner, ID Quantique |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Outline
The last few months have seen a flurry of activities around the Quantum Computer. What was seen until about one year ago as a remote threat is fast becoming a major issue for cyber security.
Interestingly enough, the very properties of the quantum world, which challenge the current cryptographic systems, can also provide new solutions.
In this presentation, we will review cryptographic applications of quantum technologies. We will describe existing solutions such as Quantum Random Number Generation and Quantum Key Distribution (QKD). These are already used in real-world applications. We will also discuss more forward looking applications, such as long-distance QKD with satellites, Quantum Repeaters and Quantum Memories, which represent the building blocks of a future Quantum Internet.
Bio
Bruno Huttner is the chairman of the Quantum-Safe Security Workgroup (QSS WG) organized by the Cloud Security Alliance. The QSS WG has been formed to address key generation and transmission methods and to help the industry understand quantum‐safe methods for protecting their networks and their data.
Bruno is an engineer (Ecole Centrale Paris) and a physicist (PhD from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology). During an international academic career spanning the UK, Japan and Switzerland, he studied quantum effects in optical fibers, quantum cryptography and telecommunication. He then moved to the business world, as a founder and manager of a start-up, Luciol Instruments in 2000, active in test&measurements of optical fibers. In 2002, Luciol was acquired by Sunrise Telecom, an American test&measurement company. Bruno became General Manager of the division, which was subsequently divested in 2008. Bruno led a management buyout, which restarted Luciol in 2009, and refocused the company towards the aviation market.
Bruno joined ID Quantique in 2014, participating in business development and product management in the Quantum Security division, which develops next-generation encryption, and especially quantum key distribution systems. These systems are designed to be safe against the power of quantum computers, which threaten the conventional encryption methods.
During his career, both in academia and in business, Bruno participated and gave lectures in many international conferences. He was also active in standardisation organisations, first in ITU-T on polarisation effects in optical fibers, then in SAE, ARINC and ASD/STAN for applications of optical fibers in aviation, prior to his role as chairman of the QSS WG in CSA.
The last few months have seen a flurry of activities around the Quantum Computer. What was seen until about one year ago as a remote threat is fast becoming a major issue for cyber security.
Interestingly enough, the very properties of the quantum world, which challenge the current cryptographic systems, can also provide new solutions.
In this presentation, we will review cryptographic applications of quantum technologies. We will describe existing solutions such as Quantum Random Number Generation and Quantum Key Distribution (QKD). These are already used in real-world applications. We will also discuss more forward looking applications, such as long-distance QKD with satellites, Quantum Repeaters and Quantum Memories, which represent the building blocks of a future Quantum Internet.
Bio
Bruno Huttner is the chairman of the Quantum-Safe Security Workgroup (QSS WG) organized by the Cloud Security Alliance. The QSS WG has been formed to address key generation and transmission methods and to help the industry understand quantum‐safe methods for protecting their networks and their data.
Bruno is an engineer (Ecole Centrale Paris) and a physicist (PhD from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology). During an international academic career spanning the UK, Japan and Switzerland, he studied quantum effects in optical fibers, quantum cryptography and telecommunication. He then moved to the business world, as a founder and manager of a start-up, Luciol Instruments in 2000, active in test&measurements of optical fibers. In 2002, Luciol was acquired by Sunrise Telecom, an American test&measurement company. Bruno became General Manager of the division, which was subsequently divested in 2008. Bruno led a management buyout, which restarted Luciol in 2009, and refocused the company towards the aviation market.
Bruno joined ID Quantique in 2014, participating in business development and product management in the Quantum Security division, which develops next-generation encryption, and especially quantum key distribution systems. These systems are designed to be safe against the power of quantum computers, which threaten the conventional encryption methods.
During his career, both in academia and in business, Bruno participated and gave lectures in many international conferences. He was also active in standardisation organisations, first in ITU-T on polarisation effects in optical fibers, then in SAE, ARINC and ASD/STAN for applications of optical fibers in aviation, prior to his role as chairman of the QSS WG in CSA.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- EPIC
Contact
- Kirill Nikitin