ID Quantique launches world's first quantum multi-link encryptor

With the performance capabilities of ten 10Gbps high-speed multilink encryptors, the CN8000 will protect up to 100Gbps of multiprotocol network traffic. IDQ’s  CEO,  Gregoire Ribordy, stated that, “We are excited to launch the world’s first encryptor whose keys are based on the security of a quantum random number generator and which supports quantum key distribution for long-term data protection”.

The Swiss-designed and -manufactured encryptor offers unparalleled cost efficiency, performance and security benefits for organizations with large scale network traffic and multiple high-speed links.

“This remarkable encryptor is a world-first. Now organisations seeking to minimize business risks and protect high volumes of data transmitted across multiple high-speed network links will be able to more cost-effectively implement enterprise-wide network encryption”, commented  Ribordy. 

The CN8000 is an important development in the current climate of increasing threats to data in motion. Media revelations about the ease of intercepting transmitted information highlight how organisations of all types must protect their sensitive data by encrypting it. Government and commercial organisations’ data are increasingly exposed to risks of cybercrime, such as financial loss, identity and intellectual property theft and serious harm to assets.

At the same time as these threats are growing exponentially, governments around the world are implementing greater  data protection and breach notification regulations with a corresponding rise in penalties for data breaches. Therefore, companies and government agencies increasingly prefer to implement enterprise wide network data encryption.