QuintessenceLabs Pty Ltd. (or QuintessenceLabs) is a cybersecurity company headquartered in
Canberra, Australia with offices in
San Jose, California. QuintessenceLabs produces encryption
key and policy management products that conform to the
Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP), as well as a
hardware random number generator, development of a
quantum key distribution (QKD) system, and other encryption solutions that include automatic key zeroization.
The company was founded in 2008 by Dr Vikram Sharma, following research on quantum technology conducted at
The Australian National University by Sharma, Thomas Symul, Andrew Lance and
Ping Koy Lam
Ping Koy Lam is an Australian scientist and Professor of Physics at the Australian National University in Canberra. He is currently an Australian Research Council Australian Laureate Fellow and a work package director and program manager in the ...
.
Westpac Group, a major investor, extended two rounds of funding to QuintessenceLabs in 2015 and 2017, respectively.
In July 2017, QuintessenceLabs received a grant of AU$3.26M from the Australian Department of Defence's Innovation Hub to develop a free-space
quantum key distribution system.
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Company websiteQuantum key to unbreakable cryptographyFirst Look: QuintessenceLabs Trusted Security Foundation (TSF)Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s Address to SINET61The random number generator powered by the quantum 'crackle in the universe’KMIP Implementations known to the KMIP TCThe Future of Cybersecurity Is in High-Speed Quantum EncryptionIBM warns of instant breaking of encryption by quantum computersTime to invest in skills for quantum computing revolution
Quantum cryptography
Software companies of Australia
Random number generation