Arqit Quantum Company Leads In Quantum-Safe Security
Arqit Quantum company
Arqit, a quantum-safe encryption pioneer, launched Encryption Intelligence (EI) commercially, changing cybersecurity. This platform aims to clear the “cryptographic fog” many enterprises are facing as they approach the “Quantum Decade”. Arqit's breakthrough technology helps businesses and governments handle the massive transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) as quantum computing threatens.
Coming “Store Now, Decrypt Later” Crisis
Encryption Intelligence was created to address “Store Now, Decrypt Later” (SNDL) attacks, a pressing technical concern. Enemies acquire encrypted stuff now to decipher it when quantum computers are powerful enough. Finance, healthcare, and national defense, which handle sensitive, long-term data, may lose a lot in a hack.
This lack of awareness is preventing the migration to quantum-safe standards. Due to decades of encryption as a “set it and forget it” tool, cloud services, operational technology (OT), and infrastructure acquired through mergers and acquisitions have a patchwork of outdated quantum algorithms, deprecated protocols, and hidden dependencies. This lack of exposure looks to be Arqit's latest launch's biggest challenge.
How to navigate the “Cryptographic Fog”
Modern leaders' main issue is their incapacity to defend the unseen. Arqit Chief Security Officer Trevor Graham said, “Organizations cannot manage what they cannot see”. He noted that Encryption Intelligence provides visibility and control for PQC migration while minimizing disruption and cost.
Many organisations don't comprehend their cryptographic dependencies, resulting in "cryptographic debt"—poor or old encryption that is still used after it should be retired. Arqit's EI platform replaces human, error-prone audits with automated discovery and real-time monitoring to eliminate blind spots.
Three Encryption Intelligence Pillars
The platform's three primary aspects facilitate PQC migration's major IT change:
Exposing Hidden Risks: The application immediately scans networks, apps, and clouds for obsolete or weak encryption. The heat map of cryptographic risk exposes algorithms that are “broken” by modern standards.
Strategic Migration Roadmaps: EI allows enterprises to prioritize sensitive data types and communication links, unlike a costly and harmful “rip and replace” strategy. This allows for a phased migration from traditional systems to PQC, ensuring an accurate rather than speculative transfer.
Stricter laws like the US White House's National Security Memorandum (NSM-10) and the UK's NCSC necessitate continuous compliance. EI continuously monitors new systems to prevent “cryptographic debt” and other vulnerabilities.
NCSC validation
In conjunction with the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Arqit's methods have gained recognition. The Assured Cyber Security Consultancy Scheme selected Arqit for the NCSC's Post-Quantum Cryptography Pilot.
This pilot focuses on helping organizations understand their exposure. By having a national intelligence and security agency examine its planning and discovery tools, Arqit has become the “gold standard” for PQC preparation. The NCSC's involvement proves Arqit's strategy helps organizations understand cryptography exposure.
Economic and Regulatory Needs
Arqit calls quantum-safe encryption the “biggest IT transformation of the coming decade”. National and international institutions increasingly require cryptographic inventory as a first step toward quantum preparation.
Arqit claims that automating the discovery step can save thousands of man-hours and reduce system downtime caused by manual migrations that “break” systems. Encryption intelligence acts as a "GPS for the transition," ensuring a data-driven PQC transition.
About Arqit
Arqit Quantum Inc. is a pioneer in the sector, winning two GSMA Global Mobile Awards and an IDC Innovator for Post Quantum Cryptography (2024). The company offers encryption software to safeguard communication lines from quantum computer attacks.
Recent partnerships with Sparkle have kept Arqit at the forefront of innovation, including quantum-resistant encryption “at the speed of light”. Arqit's Encryption Intelligence provides complete resources and meeting scheduling for firms starting their migration.