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Why the financial sector is embracing a dual quantum-safe strategy

12th December 2024

With national security authorities and experts underlining the immediate risk from “Harvest Now, Decrypt later” (HNDL) attacks, the financial sector must begin mitigating the associated security risks to financial assets. Major institutions like JPMorgan Chase are already leading the way with a...

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Quantum Computing Review Q4 2023

22nd January 2024

The latest Quantum Computing review includes quantum computing stories that hit the headlines between October and December 2023, it features Quantinuum, IBM, Atom Computing and more, plus new initiatives from Switzerland and the UK.

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Quantum Computing Review Q3 2023

10th October 2023

Check out our Q3 Quantum Computing review, with the latest updates from Google and IBM Quantum, plus a wide range of new announcements and applications of quantum computing.

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IDQ leads standardization efforts at ETSI to accelerate the adoption of QKD technology

4th September 2023

As a founding member of the ETSI Industry Specification Group for QKD, ID Quantique (IDQ) has been supporting the community effort to standardize QKD systems for more than 10 years. A crucial standard for QKD security evaluation is about to be finalized: a so-called Protection Profile with mandatory...

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Quantum Computing Review Q2 2023

12th July 2023

Welcome to the latest edition of our Quantum Computing Review, featuring some of the interesting stories from the period covering April to June 2023. In this edition we highlight significant activity from China, Korea and Australia, plus the latest innovations from IBM, Microsoft and IonQ and...

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IDQ attends Laser World of Photonics 2023

12th July 2023

A review of ID Quantique's attendance at Laser World of Photonics 2023, which took place in Munich last month.

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Photonic Chip-based QKD achieves higher transmission speeds

30th May 2023

In a research project led by the University of Geneva, IDQ has contributed to the development of a quantum key distribution (QKD) system based on integrated silicon photonics that can transmit secure keys at unprecedented speeds. The goal of this project is to show how the use of integrated...

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Quantum Computing Review Q1 2023

2nd May 2023

Welcome to IDQ’s Q1 Quantum Review, 2023. Here we look back over the past 3 months and bring you some of the noteworthy stories from the world of quantum technologies. In this edition, the UK and Canada both launch National Quantum Strategies and there are further advances in the fields of quantum...

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Report highlights quantum threat to US financial system

28th April 2023

In a detailed report published earlier this month, the Hudson Institute takes a deep dive into the threat posed by quantum computing to financial infrastructure in the US. Co-authored by Alexander Butler and Arthur Herman (both members of the Quantum Alliance Initiative), the report is titled...

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The path towards quantum communications

31st March 2023

In a recent article, Boston Consulting Group addresses the need for quantum communications, its many functions and use cases, and analyze the factors that will drive adoption across the global economy.

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State of the art single-photon detection

State of the art in single-photon detection

30th March 2023

Detecting single photons is hard. Not because they are strange wonders of quantum mechanics, but because there are simply too many of them. One has a similar problem counting the number of drops of water in the ocean.

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Quantum Cyber Security for satellites

7th March 2023

Satellite security is too critical to fail. With the recent launch of IDQ's space-grade QRNGs, let's dive into the why and how satellite providers must upgrade their space designs to quantum-enhanced security.

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