"Fraunhofer Leads Project to Ensure Quantum-Safe Identities"

Future quantum technologies pose a threat to digital identity security. Malicious actors are expected to use quantum computers to break classical encryption systems. Therefore, Quant-X Security and Coding GmbH, the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS, MTG AG, and the University of Regensburg have collaborated to launch the "Secure Quantum Communication for Critical Identity Access Management Infrastructures (Quant-ID)" project to combat such attacks. Through this project, they are researching the development of new methods and systems capable of ensuring cryptographic security in the long term based on quantum random numbers and post-quantum cryptography. Thus, highly critical areas, such as government organizations, banks, and insurance companies, will get the protection they need. The project supported by the BMBF began in September 2022 and will last for three years. In order to increase societal acceptance of the digitalization of services and commercial operations, it is necessary to build user-friendly, trustworthy, and privacy-protecting procedures. In the Quant-ID project, participants are conducting collaborative research on reliable digital identities. This article continues to discuss the goals of the Quant-ID project. 

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