The Hyperform consortium, supported by France 2030 and the European Union, brings together eight reputable cybersecurity experts with the goal of creating quantum-safe technologies that can defend sensitive data from future attacks by quantum computers.
As the threat posed by quantum computing changes the cybersecurity environment, leading companies are collaborating to create strong defences.
The Hyperform consortium brings together a number of top post-quantum and cybersecurity players: Project manager and leading provider of secure solutions IDEMIA Secure Transactions, post-quantum cryptography remediation solutions provider CryptoNext, data protection solutions provider Atempo, encryption software publisher Prim’X, offensive security company Synacktiv, licenced testing laboratory (CESTI) and leader in miniaturisation technologies CEA Leti, smart, energy-efficient, and secure solutions provider for industry, world-class researchers in cryptography and secure implementation at INRIA, the French National Institute for Digital Science and Technology, and the French cybersecurity agency (ANSSI), which will oversee the solution’s security and performance evaluation.
The group, which receives funding from the European Union and the French government’s investment initiative France 2030, is essential to the advancement of European sovereignty in post-quantum cryptography.
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The security of confidential information will be compromised by the emergence of the quantum computer. Hyperform’s goal is to provide quantum-safe solutions that will safeguard citizen, business, and government data from the threat posed by quantum computing. The consortium will put up a full demonstration system based on sovereign encryption software that protects the most sensitive data for online collaboration, document archiving, and cloud data storage.
The Hyperform cooperation has high goals, having recruited 29 professionals and invested over 7.5 million euros with the help of France 2030 and the European Union.
The Hyperform consortium aims to create quantum-safe components over the next three years so that service providers, such as governments, banks, and software businesses, may guarantee the highest level of data security for their end-user services. The industry as a whole may look to the first end-to-end solutions to establish the benchmark.
The collaboration will improve identification document reading and payment transactions by developing post-quantum cryptography libraries and a next-generation quantum-safe microprocessor as part of this project.
The current cybersecurity software will be altered to make the switch to these cutting-edge security measures easier. Under the direction of the ANSSI security agency, these innovative systems’ security and performance will be evaluated.
“True to our commitment to provide service providers with state-of-the-art security services, we are very proud to lead the Hyperform consortium. This collaborative project highlights our shared expertise in post-quantum technologies and our joint commitment to crafting solutions that meet industry demands. By working hand-in-hand with the ecosystem, we will be able to develop a robust quantum-safe framework, driving co-innovation and industry-wide progress,” says Marc BERTIN, Chief Technology Officer at IDEMIA Secure Transactions.
IDEMIA Secure Transactions is a global leader in technology, especially in post-quantum cryptography, with a staff of 800 research and development specialists worldwide.
The business has led the way in the development of post-quantum algorithms, and in 2022 it made history by launching the first 5G SIM that is immune to quantum emulation. Recently, the Division introduced the first crypto-agility solution that would help secure product service providers future-proof their goods’ security for the post-quantum age.