# Quantum-enabled framework for the Advanced Encryption Standard in the post-quantum era

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.02445 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2502.02445/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 4 Feb 2025.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Quantum-Secure-By-Construction (QSC): A Paradigm Shift For Post-Quantum Agentic Intelligence](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2603.15668/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)-256 remains resistant to known quantum key-search attacks when keys are uniformly generated. We present quantum-enabled AES (QE-AES), a key-management wrapper that provisions unmodified AES-256 with output delivered by a commercial quantum random-number generator and periodically replaces epoch keys. Evaluation covers Special Publication 800-90B diagnostics on vendor-processed output, capture-backed performance, a live delivery probe, and a simulated correlation-power-analysis model. QE-AES does not enlarge the AES key space or provide masking; it supplies a separate source path and bounds key reuse under an independent-epoch assumption. Entropy delivery, rather than AES, is the principal performance constraint.