Cybersecurity and network intelligence vendor Allot Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALLT) has been appointed founding member and Chair of Israel’s newly established Post-Quantum Communications (PQC) Consortium. Supported by the Israel Innovation Authority’s (IIA) Technological Infrastructure Division, the national consortium brings together multinational technology leaders, defense contractors, and six major research universities to develop quantum-safe communication protocols across optical, satellite, and mobile networks.
[ Israel Post-Quantum Communications Consortium Stack ]
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Industry & Commercial Partners Defense & Hardware Innovators Academic Research Institutions
• Allot Ltd. (Consortium Chair). • NVIDIA & Elta Systems. • Technion & Bar-Ilan University.
• Ceragon & Gilat Satellite. • RAD Data Communications & Heqa. • Hebrew University & Ben-Gurion.
• Classiq & Ribbon Communications. • Hybrid PQC-QKD Hardware Architectures.• Open Univ. & Univ. of Haifa.Multi-Layer Network Protection Architecture
The consortium focuses on securing multi-layer telecommunications infrastructure against “harvest now, decrypt later” (HNDL) attacks and future cryptanalytically relevant quantum computers (CRQCs):
- Hybrid Defense Protocols: Research efforts will evaluate pure Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) software algorithms, physical-layer Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), and hybrid architectures combining mathematical PQC with optical quantum key exchange.
- Cross-Domain Network Scopes: The technological scope spans multiple OSI networking layers—including optical transport, Ethernet, IP routing, 5G/6G mobile cores, data center interconnects, satellite channels, and commercial cloud communications.
- Consortium Governance: Allot VP CTO Dr. Yaakov Stein serves as Chair of the Consortium Board and Head of the Scientific Committee, guiding collaborative R&D between corporate partners (NVIDIA, RAD Data Communications, Ceragon, Classiq, Gilat Satellite Networks, Heqa, Elta Systems, and Ribbon Communications) and Israeli university research laboratories.
The initiative aligns with global government mandates requiring critical infrastructure operators and telecom service providers to migrate toward NIST-standardized post-quantum algorithms and hybrid quantum-safe architectures.
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August 19, 2026
