Allot chairs post-quantum communications consortium supported by Israel’s Innovation Authority

Allot Ltd. said it joined and will chair a new Post-Quantum Communications (PQC) Consortium focused on developing approaches to secure communications networks and protect data and users as quantum computing threats develop.

The effort will be supported by the Israel Innovation Authority’s Technological Infrastructure Division and includes technology companies and academic institutions working on quantum-safe communications.

The consortium plans to develop and evaluate technologies based on PQC, Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), and hybrid approaches that combine both, with research spanning multiple network layers and environments, including optical, Ethernet, IP, mobile, satellite, data center, and internet-based communications.

Members named by Allot include Allot, Ceragon, Classiq, Gilat Satellite Networks, Heqa, Elta, NVIDIA, RAD, and Ribbon. Academic partners include Bar-Ilan University, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Open University of Israel, the Technion, and the University of Haifa. “The transition to quantum-safe communications is one of the most important cybersecurity challenges facing the world today,” said Dr. Yaakov Stein, VP CTO of Allot, Chair of the Consortium Board, and Head of the Scientific Committee. “We are proud that Allot is a founding member of this initiative, working alongside NVIDIA, RAD, leading technology innovators, and Israel's top academic institutions. Together, we will help create the technologies needed to protect global communications networks, enterprises and users in the quantum era.”

Allot also included forward-looking statements in the release, noting that such statements involve risks and uncertainties and were made as of the date of the release.

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