Authorities-funded tech startup KETS Quantum Safety has appointed a brand new government chair because it gears up for a Sequence A funding spherical and bold enlargement plans.
Stuart Woods, who has a background in bringing superior applied sciences to market and strategic partnerships, will assist the agency increase the funds wanted to develop a quantum key distribution (QKD) element product that may be simply scaled at low value by QKD communication integrators.
A QKD is a sort of product for producing and transferring cryptographic keys in a safe method, leveraging quantum mechanics rules. In the meantime, QKD communication integrators are companies or groups that assist purchasers combine such options into their IT networks.
In his new government chair place, Woods will leverage his experience drawn from a three-decade profession main a number of tech firms – each massive and small – to allow KETS Quantum Safety to convey its complicated expertise to communication integrators in areas like defence and important nationwide infrastructure.
Most lately, he labored as chief safety officer and head of innovation and partnerships on the College of Copenhagen’s Quantum Computing Program. Earlier than this, he was managing director at Oxford Devices NanoScience. The latter place noticed him scale quantum and cryogenic applied sciences on a world scale, which is able to little doubt be useful for KETS’ personal enlargement plans.
He joins the Bristol-based tech firm at a time of momentous development. Within the final yr, its revenues have grown by greater than 70%.
“I’m a real believer within the influence of quantum computing and quantum networking. It’s altering the world as we all know it,” he stated in a press release.
Whereas present encryptions can be damaged, KETS has developed the answer in a very world-leading method with actual scalability. It is just by contemplating value and a balanced method to trusted nodes can we allow QKD.
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