QED: Quantum Ensured Defense of the Smart Electric Grid
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Category: Software/Services
Developers: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Co-Developers: Oak Ridge National Laboratory and EPB
United States
Product Description:Quantum-Ensured Defense of the Smart Electric Grid (QED) is a new approach for electric grid security using quantum information. This technique, based on cutting-edge quantum science and network security, uses quantum communications to authenticate and encrypt power grid control signals, protecting it from any third party infiltration.
Developers: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Co-Developers: Oak Ridge National Laboratory and EPB
United States
Product Description:Quantum-Ensured Defense of the Smart Electric Grid (QED) is a new approach for electric grid security using quantum information. This technique, based on cutting-edge quantum science and network security, uses quantum communications to authenticate and encrypt power grid control signals, protecting it from any third party infiltration.