Quantum Software Security Challenges within Shared Quantum Computing Environments

TL;DR

This paper discusses the emerging security challenges in shared quantum computing environments, especially as multi-programming becomes more common due to hardware utilization needs.

Contribution

It identifies and reports key security challenges specific to quantum software in multi-programming shared environments, an area not extensively explored before.

Findings

Identification of security vulnerabilities in shared quantum environments

Analysis of multi-programming security risks in quantum computing

Highlighting the need for new security protocols in quantum cloud computing

Abstract

The number of qubits in quantum computers keeps growing, but most quantum programs remain relatively small because of the noisy nature of the underlying quantum hardware. This might lead quantum cloud providers to explore increased hardware utilization, and thus profitability through means such as multi-programming, which would allow the execution of multiple programs in parallel. The adoption of such technology would bring entirely new challenges to the field of quantum software security. This article explores and reports the key challenges identified in quantum software security within shared quantum computing environments.