Quantum-safety enabling infrastructures for edge intelligence in future networks
(QU-ENABLER)
Main funder
Funder's project number: 8311/31/2022
Funds granted by main funder (€)
- 154 700,00
Funding program
Project timetable
Project start date: 01/08/2023
Project end date: 31/05/2025
Summary
QU-ENABLER (Quantum-safety enabling infrastructures for edge intelligence in future networks) aims for effective infrastructural advances in enabling the migration to PQC (Post-Quantum Cryptography) in edge and access services.
Due to recent rapid growth of quantum technologies, many security mechanisms considered secure today may be soon insufficient. The arrival of quantum computers is imminent and will render arithmetic asymmetric key exchanges unsafe. If data needs to be protected five to ten years or more, there is a need to take quantum safe solutions into use. There are up to ten years left for deployment of countermeasures. Systematic research results on effective quantum-safe infrastructures are urgently needed, in order to enable wide enough migration to PQC. If the quantum-safe solutions are not migrated in due time, the worst case is silent takeover of critical infrastructure. All secret keys and private asymmetric keys that are now protected using current public-key algorithms, as well as the information protected under those keys, will be subject to exposure.
The project will construct a generic reference quantum-safe infrastructure model for edge and access services. The focus of the model is on feasibility and effectiveness, architectural choices and connection of networks to support different types of use scenarios. The reference model will support migration into PQC.
Due to recent rapid growth of quantum technologies, many security mechanisms considered secure today may be soon insufficient. The arrival of quantum computers is imminent and will render arithmetic asymmetric key exchanges unsafe. If data needs to be protected five to ten years or more, there is a need to take quantum safe solutions into use. There are up to ten years left for deployment of countermeasures. Systematic research results on effective quantum-safe infrastructures are urgently needed, in order to enable wide enough migration to PQC. If the quantum-safe solutions are not migrated in due time, the worst case is silent takeover of critical infrastructure. All secret keys and private asymmetric keys that are now protected using current public-key algorithms, as well as the information protected under those keys, will be subject to exposure.
The project will construct a generic reference quantum-safe infrastructure model for edge and access services. The focus of the model is on feasibility and effectiveness, architectural choices and connection of networks to support different types of use scenarios. The reference model will support migration into PQC.
Principal Investigator
Other persons related to this project (JYU)
Contact person (yes/no): Yes |
Primary responsible unit
Follow-up groups
- Cyber security (University of Jyväskylä JYU)
- Engineering (Faculty of Information Technology IT) OHTE; Formerly Software and Communications Engineering
- School of Resource Wisdom (University of Jyväskylä JYU) JYU.Wisdom
- Secure Communications Engineering and Signal Processing (Faculty of Information Technology IT) SCSP
