Arqit Quantum, in collab with ECS, Intel, announces MACP Architecture

Arqit Quantum (ARQQ) in collaboration with Equus Compute Solutions, ECS, and Intel (INTC), announce the world’s first quantum-safe CSfC-Compliant MACP Architecture for Classified Mobile Communications secured by symmetric key agreement. The companies have worked together to successfully develop, demonstrate and validate a Mobile Access Capability Package architecture that is compliant with the U.S. National Security Agency’s Commercial Solutions for Classified programme and resistant to threats from quantum computing. This innovation introduces a quantum-secure, nested IPsec tunnelling configuration using Arqit’s Symmetric Key Agreement Platform, strongSwan VPN, and the Intel NetSec Accelerator Reference Design with Intel Xeon D processor and Intel Ethernet Controller E810. The MACP architecture meets CSfC security requirements while eliminating the scale and logistics issues of traditional key management methods, modernising secure mobile access to classified data.