Author: Stephan Laschet

The QKD-KMS by AIT took part in the “mini EuroQCI” tech demo on 3 days during the ECOC exhibition organized by the PETRUS project. The QKD-KMS by AIT was responsible to implement the KMS layer of the “Austrian” QKD Domain.

Within the scope of the DISCRETION project the KMS was showcased in a tech-demo to NATO and member state representatives. The demo consisted of multiple interacting components with the KMS as one central element interfacing with most of them. The focus of the demo was to highlight two use-cases in a military environment 1. QKD…

The KMS is demonstrated in two different scenarios with different configurations, 3rd party components and interfaces.

The KMS is deployed on server hardware and tested in the laboratories of AIT.

The KMS team published a peer reviewed paper for the ARES 2023 with the title “Key Management Systems for Large-Scale Quantum Key Distribution Networks”.