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TrUE Quantum Security: An Introduction to Quantropi and the QiSpace Platform
Preparing for ‘Y2Q’
Security teams increasingly refer to ‘Y2Q’, the point at which quantum computers become capable of breaking the encryption in widespread use today. The concern is not purely future-facing. Adversaries are already intercepting and storing encrypted data in the expectation that sufficient quantum computing capacity will allow them to decrypt it later, a strategy known as ‘harvest now, decrypt later’. Data with a long confidential shelf life is therefore at risk from the moment it is transmitted.
A tightening mandate landscape
Regulators and standards bodies have begun to respond. In the United States, the Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act of 2022 placed obligations on federal agencies to address threats to critical infrastructure, and NIST has progressed its post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standardisation programme to select the algorithms that will replace today’s vulnerable schemes. The White House has publicly called for accelerated investment in replacing the hardware, software and services most exposed to quantum attack.
The potential impact is broad. Quantropi estimates that the $50 trillion global digital economy is exposed, with risks spanning fraudulent authentication of critical infrastructure, forged digital signatures, compromised defence and communications, and the hijacking of connected devices.
The QiSpace platform and the ‘TrUE’ approach
Quantropi’s response is QiSpace, a platform built around three capabilities the company terms ‘TrUE’:
- Trust through MASQ, its asymmetric (public-key) encryption for quantum-secure key exchange and digital signature
- Uncertainty through QEEP, its symmetric encryption
- Entropy through SEQUR, its quantum entropy generation and distribution services
Quantropi positions QiSpace as the only platform to bring all three of these prerequisites together for end-to-end quantum security. The suite is designed to be fast, lightweight and resource-efficient, and to operate over today’s Internet without specialist infrastructure. That profile makes it particularly relevant to the IoT and embedded space, where more than 13 billion connected devices represent a substantial and growing attack surface.
Credibility and standing
For organisations assessing a quantum-security partner, Quantropi brings a number of supporting credentials:
- Founded in 2018, with a platform spanning quantum-secure cryptography and communications
- 9 patents granted and more than 10 pending
- A NATO approved supplier and a 2022 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 winner
- Its MASQ-DS digital signature algorithm submitted to NIST for consideration in March 2023
- An experienced leadership team across engineering, sales and operations
Target sectors include enterprise, telecommunications, automotive, financial services and government, alongside the IoT and embedded markets.
Download the overview
This Quantropi overview sets out the Y2Q threat, the QiSpace platform and the company’s credentials in a single concise briefing. Download your copy to understand how a TrUE quantum-security approach can protect your data today, tomorrow and well beyond the arrival of practical quantum computing.