QSEC-301 · Specialist course

Quantum Key Distribution: Protocols and Implementation

Analyse a QKD protocol and identify the authentication, hardware and implementation assumptions behind its security.

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Preparation and learning goals

Entry requirements

Quantum states and measurement, probability and classical authentication concepts.

What you will work towards

Analyse a QKD protocol and identify the authentication, hardware and implementation assumptions behind its security.

The practical task asks you to apply the concepts, justify your choices and communicate the assumptions and limits of your result.

Course outline

MODULE 01

State preparation and detection

MODULE 02

key sifting and post-processing

MODULE 03

authentication, finite data and practical attack surfaces

The outline defines this course’s intended scope. The detailed teaching sequence and preparation materials will be confirmed for the agreed delivery.

Practical work

A protocol analysis that separates ideal security arguments from real-device and network assumptions. This is a separate course from PQC migration.

Technical work is based on simulation, calculation or protocol analysis. Hardware access and laboratory sessions require a separately confirmed arrangement.

Assessment and feedback

The proposed review criteria are conceptual accuracy, a defensible method, clear evidence and appropriate treatment of assumptions and uncertainty.

Assessment format and feedback arrangements will be agreed before booking. No accreditation or external certification is claimed.

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This is a course outline available for enquiry. Instructor, dates, duration, delivery format, fees and any hardware requirements will be confirmed in a written proposal before a booking is made.

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