SAN MATEO, Calif. — Sept. 10, 2024 — QuSecure™, Inc., a prominent figure in the realm of post-quantum cryptography (PQC), made a significant announcement today. The company disclosed that it has been awarded a coveted spot on the United States Army Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project titled “Enhanced Post-Quantum Cryptography Suite for Tactical Networks.”
This SBIR Phase II award marks a pivotal moment for QuSecure, solidifying its position as a key provider of Federal PQC solutions. The project’s scope of work is strategically designed to elevate QuProtect™, an innovative end-to-end PQC software-based solution that sets the industry standard. QuProtect allows organizations to seamlessly transition from cryptographic discovery and non-compliant algorithm detection to full quantum-resilience. This cutting-edge solution provides live encryption management, continuous monitoring, vulnerability assessment, and alerting capabilities, all without the need for a complete overhaul of current infrastructure.
Pete Ford, the Head of Federal Operations at QuSecure, expressed his enthusiasm about the project, emphasizing that this endeavor, coupled with the company’s existing collaborations across various U.S. military branches, underscores QuSecure’s leadership in meeting Federal PQC requirements. The goal of the project is to bolster Crypto Agility, Continuous Cryptographic Inventory (CCI), and Cryptography Orchestration (CO) to empower the U.S. Government to defend against classical, AI, and quantum computing threats to cryptography. This initiative aims to ensure the resilience of the nation’s most secure encrypted communications for years to come.
The recent award is one of many successes QuSecure has achieved over the past couple of years in addressing critical PQC challenges faced by the U.S. Government. The heightened focus on quantum-safe solutions comes in the wake of the NIST PQC standards announcement and the escalating concern over “Harvest Now Decrypt Later” (HNDL) attacks. The U.S. Government’s push towards a quantum-safe future was underscored by legislative actions such as the Endless Frontiers Act and the Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act, both of which were aimed at fortifying the nation’s digital assets against evolving threats.
QuSecure’s QuProtect software, now available for testing and deployment, offers a comprehensive quantum-security-as-a-service architecture. This platform seamlessly integrates Crypto Agility, Continuous Cryptographic Inventory (CCI), and Cryptography Orchestration (CO) with next-generation quantum-resilient technology, safeguarding networks against current cyber threats and future quantum risks with minimal disruption to existing systems.
About QuSecure:
QuSecure remains at the forefront of quantum-safe cybersecurity, leveraging quantum computing advancements to shore up data security infrastructure. The QuProtect platform, which requires no quantum technologies to defend against a range of threats, including quantum, AI, and classical attacks, is accessible through various channels, including the AWS marketplace and direct outreach to QuSecure, Accenture, Dell, Cisco, or Carahsoft. With a track record of successful post-quantum cryptography deployments globally, QuSecure’s quantum-resilient solutions offer organizations an easy path to quantum resiliency across devices, locations, and sectors.
Interested parties can schedule a No-Obligation Two Hour CISO Road Mapping Workshop with QuSecure’s experts to kickstart their PQC Migration planning and experience a test run of the QuProtect Software.