Allot Leads New Consortium Focused on Post-Quantum Communications

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• Allot has joined technology companies and academic institutions as a founding member and chair of a new Israeli consortium focused on post-quantum communications.
• The consortium will develop and evaluate quantum-safe technologies based on post-quantum cryptography, quantum key distribution and hybrid approaches.
• Research will cover optical, Ethernet, IP, mobile, satellite, data center and internet communications to address future quantum-related security risks.

Press release – Allot Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALLT) (TASE: ALLT), a leading global provider of innovative security-as-a-service (SECaaS) and network intelligence solutions for communication service providers and enterprises, today announced that it is a founding member and Chair of a new Post-Quantum Communications (PQC) Consortium dedicated to developing technologies that will secure communications networks and protect data and users against future quantum computing threats.

Supported by the Israel Innovation Authority’s Technological Infrastructure Division, the initiative brings together leading technology companies and academic institutions to accelerate innovation in quantum-safe communications.

Consortium members include Allot, Ceragon, Classiq, Gilat Satellite Networks, Heqa, Elta, NVIDIA, RAD, and Ribbon. Academic partners include Bar-Ilan University, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Open University of Israel, the Technion, and the University of Haifa.