Author: Stephan Laschet
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Publication on Multi-Path QKD
The cryptography team at AIT published a paper as part of the ARES 2025 workshop SECPID. In that paper the team addresses the trusted node issue of QKD Networks especially relevant for the KMS layer. One possible mitigation strategy is to use multi-path techniques, which is the main focus of the paper published via Springer.
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Publication on DISCRETION project
At the 2025 International Conference on Quantum Communications, Networking, and Computing (QCNC) the main research results of the DISCRETION project were published and the AIT research team contributed significantly to the success of that research and publication.
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KMS showcased at IDSF Vienna
The KMS was showcased at the International Digital Security Forum (IDSF) 2025 in Vienna. This showcase accompanied the talks throughout the 3 days, but was especially supporting Qunatum technology held on the first day.
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Discretion project final review
The DISCRETION project was concluded successfully in time. It was one of the projects that substantially contributed to the success of the KMS research and development efforts at AIT. The team thanks the competent consortium and highly skilled individual researchers with whom we had the pleasure to work together. As a treat the final presentation…
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KMS showcased at BMLV Vienna
Within the scope of the DISCRETION project, as the last showcase in Vienna within the project, the KMS was showcased at the BMLV. Together with the Cipher machines developed within the scope of DISCRETION, the showcase featured the KMS in a three node deployment.
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KMS showcased at FEINDEF Madrid
As part of the DISCRETION project, the AIT-KMS was showcased at the defense fair FEINDEF in Madrid. The KMS integrated a mesh network of QKD devices by the university of Aveiro and provided end-to-end keys to Software Defined Radios (SDR) and military grade cipher machines. It also integrated with the SDN solution by the Universidad…
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KMS showcased at QCI-Days Athens
In its most complex showcase outside its home network in Vienna, the KMS performed and supported a remarkable demo setup at the QCI-Days Athens 2025. Together with the engineers of HellasQCI and EuroQCI Spain, a complex QKD Network was showcased featuring different applications and technologies, across three domains.
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KMS showcased at EC and Portuguese embassy in Brussels
Another successful demonstration of the QKD- KMS named AURORA within the scope of the DISCRETION project.
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KMS showcased at project partner Creotech
Within the scope of the eCAUSIS project the AIT KMS was tested in the laboratory of Creotech. Additionally a lot of hands on technical topics were discussed and evaluated to ensure the success of the eCAUSIS project.
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KMS showcased at 1. Fachtagung KIRAS und Kybernet Pass (KuK)
Yet another successful showcase of the AIT QKD-KMS technology at the “1. Fachtagung KIRAS und Kybernet Pass (KuK) Sicherheitsforschung 2024” in Vienna within the QCI-CAT precursor project QKD4GOV. This time the three node setup was composed of one Quantum Optics Jena link and one Think Quantum link, serving keys to the AIT QKD-KMS layer. The…