Market research of Quantum Random Number Generator-based encryption platform for Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS)

随机数是加密/网络安全的关键组件，目前严重依赖伪随机数生成器(PRNG)。这些算法是确定性的，容易受到黑客攻击。我们设备(IoT)日益互联，现在正导致黑客和网络犯罪的频率和影响加速上升。这两种趋势说明了为设备和通信提供适当安全的关键重要性。解决这一问题的有效方法是使用量子随机数生成器(QRNG)。量子力学核心的内在熵使量子系统成为随机性的完美来源。然而，现有的QRNG技术规模大、成本高，并且只在静态环境中优化，例如服务器场。TeskaLabs和Crypta Labs正在共同开发QRNG产品，这种产品可以提供小型化的端到端加密，而不会降低设备速度/加密率。我们技术的示例使用案例包括关键基础设施、医疗保健、军事通信、运输和物流。欧盟委员会授权新扩展的合作智能运输系统(C-ITS)作为数十亿欧元基础设施计划的一部分，迫切需要对其进行加密。C-ITS将定义安全标准，允许道路使用者和交通管理人员共享信息，并使用这些信息来协调他们的行动。运输系统中不同参与者之间的数据交换意味着供需可以实时匹配，从而更有效地利用资源，无论是共享汽车、集装箱还是铁路网。数字技术有助于减少人为错误，人为错误是目前为止交通事故的最大来源。他们还可以创建一个真正的多式联运系统，将所有运输方式整合到一个移动服务中，让人和货物顺利地从门到门。随着新参与者和新的价值创造形式(如协作经济)的出现，它们可以刺激社会创新，确保所有人的流动性。车辆、基础设施和其他道路使用者之间的沟通对于提高未来自动车辆的安全性及其与整个运输系统的充分融合也至关重要。道路安全和交通效率可以大大提高--通过车辆之间以及车辆与交通基础设施之间高度安全和强大的数字连接。该项目将对基于QRNG的加密平台进行区域和行业可行性研究，以评估C-ITS内这项技术的市场机会，以及推动芯片和软件走向商业化的预期市场路线和潜在的行业合作伙伴。

Random numbers are a critical component of encryption/cybersecurity which currently relies heavily on Pseudo Random Number Generators (PRNG). These algorithms are deterministic & vulnerable to hacking. Increasing interconnectivity of our devices (IoT) is now leading to an accelerating rise in frequency and impact of both hacking & cybercrime. Both trends illustrate the critical importance of proper security for devices and communications. An effective way to address the problem is to use Quantum Random Number Generators (QRNG). The inherent entropy at the core of quantum mechanics makes quantum systems a perfect source of randomness. However, existing QRNG technologies are large, expensive and only optimal in static environments, e.g. server farms. TeskaLabs and Crypta Labs are co-developing QRNG products which can provide miniaturised, end-to-end encryption without reduction in device speed/encryption rates. Example use cases for our technology include critical infrastructure, healthcare, military communications, transport and logistics.There is an urgent need for encryption for the newly expanding Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) mandated by the European Commission as part of a multi-billion-euro infrastructure programme. C-ITS will define security standards to allow road users and traffic managers to share information and use it to coordinate their actions. Exchanging data between different actors in the transport system means supply and demand can be matched in real time, leading to a more efficient use of resources, be it a shared car, a container or a rail network. Digital technologies help reduce human error, by far the greatest source of accidents in transport. They can also create a truly multimodal transport system integrating all modes of transport into one mobility service, allowing people and cargo to travel smoothly from door to door. And they can spur social innovation and ensure mobility for all, with the emergence of new players and new forms of value creation such as the collaborative economy. Communication between vehicles, infrastructure and other road users is also crucial to increase the safety of future automated vehicles and their full integration in the overall transport system. Road safety and traffic efficiency could vastly improve -- enabled by highly secure and robust digital connectivity between vehicles and between vehicles and transport infrastructure.This project will conduct a regional and industrial feasibility study on a QRNG-based encryption platform to evaluate the market opportunity for the technology within C-ITS, together with prospective routes to market and potential industrial partners for propelling the chip & software towards commercialisation.