May 8, 2024

The Hub publishes annotated versions of NCSC’s technology assurance principles with relevance to the quantum communications sector

In late 2021, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published a White Paper outlining a new approach to technology assurance and plans for its implementation. This approach partly arose following the publication of the 2021 Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy which emphasized the need for “cutting edge cyber capability” and […]

January 24, 2024

PRESS RELEASE: State-of-the-art telescope paves way for space tech cluster at Heriot-Watt

Heriot-Watt announces ambitions to work with industry to create a ‘space tech cluster’ at its Research Park. The University is encouraging space industry leaders to consider a presence at its Edinburgh campus. 

November 20, 2023

Revisiting security assumptions in satellite-based quantum communications

A recent paper published in PRX Quantum gives a boost to quantum secure communications via satellite. The team – led by Leeds researchers and involving Quantum Communications Hub colleagues from the Universities of Bristol and York, alongside international collaborators from Germany, Singapore and the Swiss company ID Quantique – focused on the limitations that potential […]

October 23, 2023

Researchers present progress on future quantum networks at Hub international workshop

The third instalment of the international Hub workshop on advances in quantum networking (QNetworks 2023) took place at the Glasgow Science Centre on 28-29 September. The two-day workshop aims to bring together researchers from the UK’s Quantum Communications Hub programme and similar initiatives across the world as well as industry to discuss technological challenges and […]

June 20, 2023

PRESS RELEASE: Quantum Nanomaterials Achieve Breakthrough Encryption Performance Over Conventional Optical Fibre

A group of researchers from Scottish Universities working alongside international collaborators have achieved remarkable new results in quantum secure encryption over standard optical-fibre networks. The results were published in Nature Communications. 

October 5, 2022

Maximum randomness from untrusted devices

Researchers working in the Quantum Communications Hub have shown new tight bounds on the amount of randomness that can be generated from a given amount of nonlocality. Random numbers are an essential resource for modern day society, with cryptography being an important application. Here it is crucial that the numbers are not only evenly distributed, […]

May 24, 2022

Future proofing cyber security for the healthcare sector with quantum communications

Data security is hugely important in healthcare. Patient details and medical records, most of which are held digitally now, must be kept secure at all times, whether in storage or in transfer between healthcare providers. Any breach of cyber security resulting in a violation of confidentiality laws could have major legal and financial implications. Furthermore, […]

April 4, 2022

Securing the communications of the UK’s transport sector

Transport is key to society and the economy. From the haulage of food, medicines, and materials around the world, to the transport of people to workplaces, children to schools and of the emergency services, the UK is heavily reliant upon a smooth and resilient transport system. Secure communications are critical to the operability of this […]

March 9, 2022

First installment of careers in quantum technologies fact sheets released

The Quantum Communications Hub has published a series of fact sheets highlighting some of the many career opportunities in the field of quantum technologies. The suite of fact sheets, which comprises 11 different roles, includes information on what each role entails, the skills, qualifications and work experience that would be beneficial to someone considering taking […]

December 10, 2021

New White Paper released: The future of NCSC Technology Assurance

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have recently released a White Paper  outlining a new approach to technology assurance and plans for its implementation. In a world that is heavily reliant upon technology and in particular connected devices, it is imperative that devices and systems can be trusted, not just to perform their main function, […]