Introducing the ATIS Quantum Safe Communications and Information Initiative (QSCII)
- The ATIS Quantum Safe Communications and Information Initiative (QSCII) is a collaborative effort led by industry experts, focused on advancing secure quantum communications and information exchange. With a practical roadmap aligned to industry standards, QSCII addresses regulatory, governance, and interoperability challenges to ensure effective quantum-safe security.
Video Overview: Open Quantum-Safe Test Framework (OQS-TF)
Overview of the Open Quantum-Safe Test Framework (OQS-TF): Elevating benchmarks
- At the heart of QSCII’s mission is to investigate quantum-safe migration strategies to provide a recommended evolution path towards quantum-safe communications networks
- The development of the Open Quantum Safe -Test Framework (OQS-TF) , is designed to rigorously assess the performance characterization of quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms across different platforms.
- The objective of OQS-TF is to define uniform performance benchmarks across diverse hardware, operating systems, virtualized infrastructures, and device platforms. In addition to this, the framework also seeks to understand the characterization of the different Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) algorithms’ applicability to real-world use cases.
- Through the provision of standardized test outcomes and by setting benchmarks , will empowers stakeholders to make well-informed choices regarding the integration of the specific quantum-safe cryptography to best suit the application needs.
Open Quantum Safe Test Framework (OQS-TF) – Qujata Project
- The Qujata project (after myth creature Kujata or Quyata) is a testbed, evaluating the performance of the supported Quantum-Safe Crypto protocols by their client & server vital signs, like memory and CPU usage, connection time, download speed, once connection is established, etc.
Using the Open Quantum Safe project for the OQS-TF
- The Qujata project has branched the code base from the Open Quantum Safe (OQS) project , which is an open-source project that aims to support the development and prototyping of quantum-resistant cryptography.
- Support for the development of Open Quantum Safe has been provided by Amazon Web Services, the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, Cisco, Unitary Fund, the NGI Assure Fund, and VeriSign Inc. With major in-kind contributions of developer time have been made by Amazon Web Services, Cisco, evolutionQ, IBM Research, Microsoft Research, and softwareQ.
- We would welcome any organization to participate in the OQS-FT project. To develop the code base to make it compatible across many of the platforms outlined about (contribution to the code) . Also, we welcome contribution to perform testing of and report of the results to share with the community.
- The Qujata project has branched the code base from the Open Quantum Safe (OQS) project , which is an open-source project that aims to support the development and prototyping of quantum-resistant cryptography.
- Support for the development of Open Quantum Safe has been provided by Amazon Web Services, the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, Cisco, Unitary Fund, the NGI Assure Fund, and VeriSign Inc. With major in-kind contributions of developer time have been made by Amazon Web Services, Cisco, evolutionQ, IBM Research, Microsoft Research, and softwareQ.
Getting Involved and Contributing
- We would welcome any organization to participate in contributing to the OQS-FT project. To either help with the development of the code in making it compatible across different platforms outlined above. Also we welcome participation , by performing testing of the OQS-TF on different platforms and providing the test results to share with the community.
- Please contact ATIS, if you would like to learn more about the project and would like to participate.