QUANTUM THREAT INTELLIGENCE
Ciena reports that Quantum Corridor, Ciena and Toshiba validated 1.6 Tb/s of encrypted connectivity combining post-quantum algorithms with quantum key distribution on Quantum Corridor's live commercial network between Chicago and Hammond, Indiana, using Ciena WaveLogic 6 Extreme encryption and Toshiba QKD servers. The companies describe it as a world first; it is a trial on a production network rather than a general release. For fibre operators the point is that transport layer encryption can be made quantum-safe on optical gear already in service, without replacing the network.
Every advance in quantum computing shortens the window for migrating long lived infrastructure off quantum-vulnerable encryption, and data captured today can be decrypted later. Fabric Networks helps energy, government, telecom and community networks move to quantum-safe encryption on their own timeline, not an adversary's.