- What: Cisco introduces quantum switch that could impact current encryption
- Impact: Quantum computing may break current encryption methods, requiring new security approaches
The Cisco Universal Quantum Switch is designed to route quantum information between systems while preserving it, with a Cisco-patented conversion engine that translates between all encoding and entanglement modalities at input and output. In proof-of-concept experiments, the switch preserved quantum information with less than 4% degradation in encoding and entanglement fidelity. The complete findings are expected to be published in an upcoming research paper on ArXiv. Read more here: https://blogs.cisco.com/news/the-switch-that-quantum-networking-has-been-waiting-for #quantum #encryption #cybersecurity