Abstract: There are many schemes proposed to protect integrated circuits (ICs) against an unauthorized access and usage, or at least to mitigate security risks. They lay foundations for hardware roots ...

We can’t underscore enough the criticality of having strong, secure passwords for your online accounts. It’s your first line of defense against cyberattacks. On that note, the most secure passwords ...

IIT Madras has signed a Rs 1 crore licencing deal to transfer India's first silicon photonics-based quantum random number generator to industry. Developed at CPPICS, the technology promises to ...

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has developed a silicon photonics-based high-speed Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG). The institute has also signed an MoU with Indrarka ...

In September 2013, whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed that American and British intelligence agencies had successfully cracked much of the online encryption internet users used to keep their ...

The universe now has an open, quantum-powered dice roll—free, provable, and ready for anyone to use. Credit: Shutterstock NIST’s CURBy beacon transforms quantum “spooky action” into certified random ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Very little in this life is truly random. A coin flip is influenced ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. KAUST and KACST claim that their new quantum random number ...

Summary: Random numbers help us secure everything from bank accounts to classified servers. And yet, that essential layer of security can be spoofed. New research from the Oak Ridge National ...

A new network paradigm can generate meaningfully random numbers—and fast. In network encryption, randomness has huge value because it’s not “solvable” by hackers. Classical computers can’t be ...

Grab a coin and toss it. Heads or tails, it doesn’t matter. What matters is that you can’t predict the result. At most, you can try to guess it. And in this case, that would be pretty easy because you ...