Methods, systems, and procedures for quantum secure ecosystems
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a first request from a first communication orchestrator of a first protected environment to provide a secure and authenticated connection between a first resource of the first protected environment and a second resource of a second protected environment, accessing first encryption information from the first communication orchestrator and second encryption information from a second communication orchestrator of the second protected environment, verifying a capability for secure quantum communications of an encryption technique of the first communication orchestrator and the second communication orchestrator according to the first encryption information and the second encryption information, and enabling the first communication orchestrator and the second communication orchestrator to initiate a secure and authenticated communication channel via quantum communications. Other embodiments are disclosed.
1 . A device, comprising:
a processing system including a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
accessing first encryption information from a first communication orchestrator of a first protected environment and second encryption information from a second communication orchestrator of a second protected environment;
updating an encryption technique of the first communication orchestrator and the second communication orchestrator;
verifying a capability for secure quantum communications of the encryption technique of the first communication orchestrator and the second communication orchestrator according to the first encryption information and the second encryption information; and
enabling the first communication orchestrator and the second communication orchestrator to initiate a secure and authenticated communication channel via quantum communications.
2 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the first communication orchestrator and the second communication orchestrator facilitate the secure and authenticated connection between a first resource of the first protected environment and a second resource of the second protected environment according to the secure and authenticated communication channel.
3 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the verifying the capability for secure quantum communications of the encryption technique further comprises determining whether the encryption technique is compromised.
4 . The device of claim 3 , wherein the operations further comprise updating the encryption technique responsive to determining the encryption technique is compromised.
5 . The device of claim 4 , wherein the updating the encryption technique further comprises installing a new version of encryption software.
6 . The device of claim 4 , wherein the updating the encryption technique further comprises installing a new encryption algorithm.
7 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving a request from a third resource to join a protected environment; and
adding the third resource to a third protected environment of a plurality of available protected environments according to information associated with the third resource.
8 . The device of claim 7 , wherein the information associated with the third resource comprises the encryption technique.
9 . The device of claim 7 , wherein the third protected environment is selected according to a preferred encryption method.
10 . The device of claim 7 , wherein the third protected environment is selected according to a quality of service metric.
11 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the first protected environment comprises a data center.
12 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations for providing crypto-agile connectivity, the operations comprising:
accessing first encryption information from a first communication orchestrator of a first protected environment and second encryption information from a second communication orchestrator of a second protected environment;
updating an encryption technique of the first communication orchestrator and the second communication orchestrator;
verifying a capability for secure quantum communications of the encryption technique of the first communication orchestrator and the second communication orchestrator according to the first encryption information and the second encryption information; and
enabling the first communication orchestrator and the second communication orchestrator to initiate a secure and authenticated communication channel via quantum communications, wherein communications are according to one of a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) encryption protocol, a security parameter index (SPI) encryption protocol, or a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) encryption protocol.
13 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the first communication orchestrator and the second communication orchestrator facilitate the secure and authenticated connection between a first resource of the first protected environment and a second resource of the second protected environment according to the secure and authenticated communication channel.
14 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the verifying the capability for secure quantum communications of the encryption technique further comprises determining whether the encryption technique is compromised.
15 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the first communication orchestrator and the second communication orchestrator facilitate the secure and authenticated connection between a first resource of the first protected environment and a second resource of the second protected environment according to the quantum communications.
16 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving a request from the second communication orchestrator of the second protected environment to provide the secure and authenticated connection between a first resource and a second resource.
17 . A method for providing crypto-agile connectivity, comprising:
accessing, by a processing system including a processor, first encryption information from a first communication orchestrator of a first protected environment and second encryption information from a second communication orchestrator of a second protected environment;
updating, by the processing system, an encryption technique of the first communication orchestrator and the second communication orchestrator;
verifying, by the processing system, a capability for secure quantum communications of the encryption technique of the first communication orchestrator and the second communication orchestrator according to the first encryption information and the second encryption information; and
enabling, by the processing system, the first communication orchestrator and the second communication orchestrator to initiate a secure and authenticated communication channel via quantum communications.
18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the verifying the capability for secure quantum communications of the encryption technique further comprises determining whether the encryption technique is compromised.
19 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising updating, by the processing system, the encryption technique responsive to determining the encryption technique is compromised.
20 . The method of claim 17 , wherein communications are according to one of a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) encryption protocol, a security parameter index (SPI) encryption protocol, or a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) encryption protocol.