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| A highly secure quantum encryption key is now available |
Cambridge Quantum is introducing the world's first commercial product entirely developed by quantum computers, opening the door to what the company sees as a potential long-term market for multibillion-dollar quantum services.
Cambridge Quantum has announced the launch of a platform that can generate ultra-secure cryptographic keys and sell them as commercial products.
That year, the British startup became a wholly owned subsidiary of Quantinuum, a quantum computer and software company in which Honeywell has a 54% stake.
Cambridge Quantum uses quantum computers to generate private, random encryption keys, according to Duncan Jones, head of network security.
Quantum computers can generate more random encryption keys than conventional computers. This makes it more secure and less vulnerable to cyber attacks.
According to Cambridge Quantum, Quantum Origin will target financial services and cybersecurity companies and then expand into other high-priority sectors such as telecommunications, energy, manufacturing, defense and government.
"We have been committed for many years to the effective use of the unique properties of quantum computers to provide our customers with ways to defend themselves against opponents and criminals now and in the future after quantum computers are popular." Quantinuum CEO and founder of Cambridge Quantum Elias Khan said.
"Quantum Origin protects us from today's most complex and powerful threats," he added. Regardless of the future threat posed by quantum computers.
The first encryption key generated by a quantum computer
Quantum computers are based on qubits, or qubits, which can be set to 1 and 0 at the same time.
This creates slightly more paths than a traditional computer would than 1 or 0.
Researchers believe that quantum computers can run a million times faster than modern supercomputers.
Quantinuum's standalone security key products are designed to compete with cryptographic key management companies, including Microsoft's Azure Key Vault and Amazon's AWS Key Management.
Google, IBM, and dozens of startups are trying to build quantum computers to take advantage of physics. The current generation of hardware is heavy and prone to errors. It takes very low temperatures. It also contains bits that you can write code with.