The paper proposes a quantum-resistant quantum teleportation (QRQT) framework using post-quantum cryptography to secure the classical channel, establishing maximum secure communication distances and a…

The paper proposes a practical, non-interactive scheme for publicly verifying quantum computations delegated from a classical user to a quantum prover, by relaxing the requirement to time-delayed veri…

The paper introduces a multi-surface evidence framework to provide comprehensive observability for post-quantum TLS migration, enabling robust measurement of session behavior and endpoint capabilities…

The paper introduces a mathematical and cryptographic framework for exactly recovering a single, noisy, high-dimensional discrete path from aggregated and incomplete observable data.

This paper introduces the first explicit data obfuscation technique to protect classical sensitive values during the execution phase of quantum computation.

The paper introduces Search-Bound Proximity Proofs (SBPP) to close an authorization provenance gap in encrypted geographic search by binding zero-knowledge proofs to specific search sessions for audit…

The paper presents Broken Quantum, a comprehensive formal security audit that identifies 547 security vulnerabilities across 45 open-source quantum computing simulators, revealing critical flaws in me…

The paper proposes a provably secure path validation protocol for large-scale Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) networks that allows receivers to verify network compliance without revealing sensitive top…

The paper proposes a graduated trust gating mechanism for IoT location verification that moves beyond binary decisions, allowing systems to dynamically escalate verification rigor based on signal inte…

The paper addresses the vulnerability of zero-knowledge proximity proofs in stateful systems by proposing Zairn-ZKP, a method that embeds operational context (like drop identity and policy version) di…

This paper surveys the security vulnerabilities of Variational Quantum Circuits (VQCs) to backdoor attacks, detailing various attack mechanisms and analyzing current detection and defense strategies.

This paper provides a comprehensive, system-level taxonomy for designing quantum-resistant network architectures, moving beyond simple protocol substitutions to address key distribution and management…

The paper proposes a formal framework to analyze how the combined cryptographic transformations across all layers of a network stack determine the overall post-quantum security posture of a message.

The paper proposes a decentralized, witnessing-zone architecture that enhances Proof-of-Location (PoL) to provide robust, auditable evidence of physical events, thereby improving sensor data trustwort…

The paper constructs strong cryptographic primitives, including key agreement and oblivious transfer, directly from classical tests of anti-commutation (ToNC) on quantum devices, while also developing…

The paper establishes that the existence of many-time secure uncloneable encryption (UCE) can be shown to follow from relatively weak assumptions, such as the existence of many-time secure symmetric k…

This survey provides a comprehensive review of the security challenges, threats, and mitigation strategies associated with the rapid advancement of quantum computing.

The paper argues that current lattice-based post-quantum cryptography, which relies on injecting noise, is not unconditionally secure because advanced quantum error correction and learning techniques…

QCIVET introduces a novel contract-based framework to ensure the integrity of hybrid quantum-classical pipelines by verifying both the structure (syntactic) and the behavior (semantic) of quantum stag…

The paper establishes a strong connection between scalable pseudorandom unitaries (PRUs) and the unitary synthesis problem, proving that any such PRU construction must require a classical oracle of si…