First-Ever Demonstration of Quantum Cryptography to Improve Security of the Electric Grid

A Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) team has successfully completed the first-ever demonstration of securing control data for electric grids using quantum cryptography. The demonstration was conducted in the test bed that is part of the OE-funded Trustworthy Cyber Infrastructure for the Power Grid (TCIPG) project at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. For more information about the demonstration, read the complete press release on the LANL website. 

To learn more about how OE is supporting the research and development of numerous advanced technologies uniquely designed to protect the electric grid from cybersecurity threats, visit OE’s Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems (CEDS) Program page.