Amid fears that state-sponsored cyberterrorists have set their sights on the U.S.’s critical infrastructure — and complaints that the infrastructure’s security is below par — the Los Alamos National Laboratory said it has been testing a network using quantum cryptography for the past two years. The network consists of a multinode experimental testbed that has been demonstrated to meet the simultaneous latency and security requirements of control messages for the electronic grid.
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Los Alamos Surfs Its Own Quantum Internet for 2 Years
Posted by: Richard Adhikari May 7, 2013 02:12 PMAmid fears that state-sponsored cyberterrorists have set their sights on the U.S.’s critical infrastructure — and complaints that the infrastructure’s security is below par — the Los Alamos National Laboratory said it has been testing a network using quantum cryptography for the past two years. The network consists of a multinode experimental testbed that has been demonstrated to meet the simultaneous latency and security requirements of control messages for the electronic grid.