Sergey Petrenko
D.Sc. (Tech.), Sirius University of Science and Technology, Russia
Technologies to counter the new quantum cyber threat
The relevance of ensuring the quantum resilience of national blockchain ecosystems and platforms in the Russian Federation's digital economy is explained by the emergence of a new quantum threat, growing security requirements for critical information infrastructure in the Russian Federation, the growth of the structure and behavior of blockchain ecosystems and platforms, and the insufficiency (inability) of known technologies (models, methods, and means) for ensuring information security and cyber resilience to detect, neutralize, and prevent the aforementioned threat. The achievements of IBM and a number of other high-tech quantum computer manufacturers provide strong evidence of the reality of the so-called “quantum threat.” For this reason, a number of technologically advanced countries around the world have already begun preparing to counter future quantum cyberattacks.
The goal of the research is to create promising world-class technology (mathematical models, methods, and tools) to ensure the quantum resilience of leading national blockchain ecosystems and platforms of the Russian Federation's digital economy (Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, Waves Enterprise (Waves, Vostok), Hyperledger Fabric (Linux, IBM), Corda Enterprise, Masterchain, Microsoft Azure Blockchain, etc.) in the face of previously unknown cyberattacks by malicious attackers using quantum computers, which, unlike existing technologies, will make it possible to prevent the aforementioned blockchains from suffering significant or catastrophic consequences. This includes developing new methods and algorithms for analyzing and parametrically synthesizing quantum-resistant blockchain ecosystems and platforms for the Russian digital economy, as well as corresponding methodologies and prototypes for software complexes to ensure the quantum resistance of these blockchains in the face of new quantum security threats. It is important to note that, unlike existing technologies, the proposed technology makes it possible to prevent the aforementioned blockchains from suffering significant or catastrophic consequences in the event of previously unknown attacks by malicious actors using quantum computers.
Speakes BIO
Head of the research group at the Scientific Center for Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence. Head of the State Scientific School “Mathematical Support for Critically Important Objects (CIO) of National Infrastructure” (since 2011). Expert in the Information Security Section of the Scientific Council under the Security Council of the Russian Federation (since 2013). Professor at several state universities, in 2024 he was ranked among the top 10 leading Russian scientists in computer science and computer security.
Doctor of Technical Sciences (2011), specializations: 20.02.12 – System Analysis, Mathematical Modeling, Computer Technologies (Technical Sciences); 20.02.27 – Information Warfare (Technical Sciences). Scientific editor of the journal "Inside. Information Protection". Author and co-author of 17 monographs and more than 550 articles on computer security issues. He has created a new direction in the field of artificial intelligence for protecting cyber-physical systems from malicious computer attacks.
Research interests: computer science, technological sovereignty, data economy, digital economy, cross-cutting information technologies, quantum technologies, artificial intelligence, blockchain ecosystems and platforms, quantum informatics, quantum computing, quantum algorithms, technology (models, methods, and tools) for ensuring the quantum resilience of digital platforms and blockchain.