In Brief
Cryptic solution to communications problem
QinetiQ and AboveNet, a provider of fibre optic and IP connectivity solutions, have announced a strategic partnership to exploit an advanced cryptography solution providing strong communications network security.
QinetiQ’s security solution strengthens the management of the network security in a practical manner. Management of encryption codes prevents insider and external theft as well as hacking, ensuring that associated recovery costs and business disruption are minimised.
The quantum technique enables the dynamic re-coding of equipment across a network and exploits the complex quantum world. Information is encoded onto properties of the photon which means that if an eavesdropper attempts to steal the photon’s information, system performance is disturbed and an alarm is triggered.
When combined with other cryptographic techniques the network solution provides high forward and backward security with strong and dynamic access management.