Security News > 2019 > February > ORNL teams with EPB to demonstrate next-generation grid security tech

A team of researchers from ORNL (Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge and Los Alamos National Laboratories) has partnered with EPB, a Chattanooga utility and telecommunications company, to demonstrate the effectiveness of metro-scale quantum key distribution (QKD) as a means of secure communication for the nation’s electricity suppliers. This initial milestone is part of the team’s three-year project focused on next-generation grid security. QKD harnesses the inherent randomness of quantum mechanics to authenticate and encrypt data. … More → The post ORNL teams with EPB to demonstrate next-generation grid security tech appeared first on Help Net Security.

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