9 June 13:00
IT holding T1, VTB Bank and JSC Russian Railways were the first to use quantum distribution of data encryption keys to protect ML infrastructure. The results of the pilot project were presented at SPIEF 2026.
The Quantum Crypto Enclave project* was launched following the results of the agreement on the development of quantum technologies concluded at SPIEF 2025 and has now confirmed the possibility of safely training ML models using the combined data of several organizations.
In the pilot project, encryption keys are automatically generated in real time using quantum effects, which eliminates theft or decryption, and are transmitted over a specialized fiber optic line provided by Russian Railways. This makes it possible to broadcast data of the highest security categories into an isolated environment in which ML models are trained.
The Eviris PAK solution, developed by the T1 IT holding, is a software and hardware complex for secure joint computing based on integrated data, which allows you to enrich this data with information from other market players. The system combines datasets, trains the model and validates the results, while none of the participants gets access to the partner’s source data.
The performance of the solution was confirmed by preparing scoring and analytical ML models for VTB Bank.
“At SPIEF-2025, we outlined an important area of joint work, and its first result was a large pilot project,” noted Valery Tanaev, Deputy General Director – Chief Engineer of JSC Russian Railways.
“The main barrier to cross-industry information exchange is the long cycle of approvals, which devalued enriching data and generated excessive transaction costs,” said Sergei Bezbogov, deputy head of the technology unit and senior vice president of VTB. “We were able to solve this problem: as part of the pilot, the model was trained on the combined data, while the bank did not disclose its client base and did not receive other people’s data. In the future, this will allow us to shorten the cycle from an idea to a working AI model.”
“The global quantum computing market is growing by 20–30% per year. In this race, it is critical to keep up with security: most world experts consider the emergence of a quantum computer capable of breaking modern encryption to be a matter of the next 15 years. That is why we are building a solution on a sovereign technology stack – the infrastructure certified by FSTEC must be ready for this in advance,” emphasized Dmitry Kharitonov, CEO of the T1 IT holding.
*Quantum crypto enclave is a highly secure next-generation platform for confidential data processing and creation of machine learning models in complete anonymity.
