Use cases

Quantum Secure Communications (QSC)

Example: Deploy next-generation entanglement-based encryption to secure communications across high-value, sensitive data and communications. 

• End-to-End Secure Communication: RSA, Diffie-Hellman, and ECC encryption will be cracked by quantum computers. Replacing legacy encryption with QSC before quantum computing advances will keep critical communications protected. 
• Combat "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" Threats: Defend against adversaries stockpiling data for future decryption with proactive, quantum-secure measures.
• Built-In Eavesdropper Detection: QSC doesn’t just encrypt data—it instantly detects any attempt to intercept your data, ensuring your privacy stays intact.
• Beyond Legacy QKD: Unlike outdated quantum key distribution (QKD) systems, QSC offers a hardware-agnostic solution that protects communications while simultaneously enabling other use cases like distributed quantum computing and distributed quantum sensing.

Aliro’s QSC solutions integrate into existing networks, making the transition smoother and more cost-effective.

 

Networking Quantum Computers

SOLVING THE SCALING PROBLEM

Example: Networked quantum computers will soon unlock practical quantum advantage. 

Aliro has partnered with AFRL to simulate, test, and operate entanglement-based quantum network infrastructure for networking quantum computers with heterogeneous qubit platforms. Details here.

• Scaling Quantum Computers: Networked Quantum Processing Units (QPUs) break the scalability barriers of single-chip quantum processors, paving the way to millions of qubits. QPU networks are the backbone of fault-tolerant quantum computers and next-generation data centers.
• Quantum Computation Across Modalities: Interconnecting diverse modalities, such as superconducting QPUs and photonic QPUs, enables scalable quantum computation via entanglement-based quantum networking.
• Powerful Hybrid Systems: Leverage QPU networks alongside classical computation for time-to-solution advantages that reduces energy consumption.
  

 

Distributed Quantum Sensor Networks

NETWORKING DISTRIBUTED QUANTUM SENSORS USING ENTANGLEMENT

Example: Today’s quantum networks already enable precise timing in atomic clocks, secure communications, and localized sensing with quantum magnetometers. Much more is on the horizon!

• The Next PNT Revolution: Networked atomic clocks will redefine global positioning, navigation, and timing standards, enabling pinpoint navigation in GPS-denied environments.
• Seeing Beyond the Diffraction Limit: Prepare to upgrade current telescope arrays with entanglement-assisted long-baseline interferometry, enabling sharper images and more detailed measurements without requiring entirely new hardware.
• Multi-Sensor Synergy: Entanglement-based quantum networks can enhance quantum sensor precision across locations and types of sensors, paving the way for integrating magnetic, optical, and gravitational wave sensors into a single quantum-enhanced network with cross-disciplinary applications.
  

 

Data Center Secure Interconnect

SECURING DATA CENTER TO DATA CENTER CONNECTIONS

Example: Deploying quantum networks between primary, secondary, and disaster recovery sites makes them impervious to eavesdropping and interception, as any attempt to intercept the data is immediately detected.

• True Security for Your Data Hubs: Securely connect primary, secondary, and disaster recovery data centers with entanglement-based encryption that quantum computers can’t crack.
• Ready for the Quantum Future: Prepare your infrastructure for quantum computing opportunities.
• Real-Time Threat Detection Built-In: Harness quantum entanglement for eavesdropper detection, ensuring less downtime and higher data integrity.
  

 

Blind and Confidential Compute Access

SECURING ACCESS TO BLIND AND CONFIDENTIAL COMPUTE

Example: When a client’s data is highly sensitive - such as in finance, healthcare, and national security - blind quantum computing can protect the input data, the algorithm used, and the results of the computation. All remain confidential and protected, even from the operator of the remote quantum resource.

• Confidential Computation, Reimagined: Blind quantum computing leverages quantum networks to enable access to compute resources without exposing sensitive data sets or the algorithms use to process that data—hackers and service providers stay in the dark. 
• AI Innovation Without Exposure: Run generative AI models and supercomputing tasks in confidential environments that prioritize power as well as privacy.
• Collaborate Without Risk: Quantum networking enables secure data sharing and algorithm execution across multiple environments, supporting bold innovation while maintaining complete security.
  

 

Telecommunications

Examples: Telecommunications companies are already the target of adversaries harvesting data with the intent to decrypt it using future quantum computers. Quantum networks prevent "harvest now, decrypt later" threats by securing the network at the physical layer.

Aliro provides AliroNet™, the quantum network controller and orchestrator for the EPB Quantum Network℠ powered by Qubitekk. Details here.

• Quantum Security Is Here: Deploy quantum-safe encryption to protect against Harvest-Now, Decrypt-Later attacks. Future-proof telecom infrastructure with quantum-secure networks designed to keep data safe from today's threats and threats of tomorrow.
• Dominate with Telecom Innovation: Be an early mover in delivering quantum-secure communications as a competitive edge. Start building your quantum roadmap today, moving quickly from experimental prototypes to fully operational, customer-ready networks.
• Integration with Legacy Systems: Evolve your network without starting from scratch. Quantum-ready solutions coexist with today’s infrastructure for a smooth transition.
  

 

Defense

Examples: Critical national defense and security infrastructures - such as command and control systems, weapons systems, and logistics networks - rely on secure communications. Quantum networks safeguard these mission-critical systems against quantum and classical threats.

• Future-Proof National Security: Quantum-secure systems protect high-value interconnects from the most advanced adversaries. Guarantee the integrity of classified communications with quantum-safe encryption that’s unbreakable by quantum computers.
• Amped Up Quantum Computing Power: Leverage quantum networks to interconnect quantum computing resources, multiplying computational capacity to solve military challenges like logistics optimization and cryptography faster than ever before.
• Unparalleled Precision with Quantum Sensors: Revolutionize positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems using quantum sensor networks for unmatched accuracy and access in the field.
  

 

Cloud Providers

Examples: Develop quantum-secure integrations between classical and quantum computing resources, paving the way for hybrid applications that blend performance and security.

• Ultra-secure Cloud Workloads: Protect customer data with quantum networks and blind quantum computing, ensuring zero knowledge and zero access to sensitive data and computations.
• Innovate in the Cloud: Enable the integration of classical and quantum computing clusters for hybrid solutions that outpace traditional infrastructure.
• Unleash Secure Innovation: Be the provider that offers scalable, blind, and quantum-secure compute: enable customers to run sensitive computations with confidence in a cloud environment that guarantees the ultimate level of security.
  

 

Research Networks

Examples: Accelerate the research and development process by using quantum networking testbeds to experiment with quantum technologies, protocols, and applications.

• Orchestrate Complex Research with Ease: Optimize experiment scheduling and resource allocation to accelerate breakthrough discoveries. Manage multiple devices, users, and experiment schedules for maximum productivity in cutting-edge research environments.
• Reconfigure Networks on the Fly: Test, tweak, and perfect network setups in a virtual environment before running high-stakes experiments. Adapt your network topology instantly to match evolving research needs.
• Simulate Before You Build: Save time and resources by simulating network configurations to predict outcomes and refine experiments with precision.
• Maximize Research ROI: Spend less time troubleshooting and more time innovating with networks designed for efficiency and adaptability.