United States Department of the Air Force will use QuSecure ’s #QuProtect™, the industry’s first #endtoend #PQC software-based solution uniquely designed to #protect #encrypted #communications and #data with #quantum-resilience using quantum #secure channels. The U.S. Government’s #urgency to move toward a quantum #safe future has been established with the recent actions taken by US Congress and the The White House . The Endless Frontiers #Act established a Technology and Innovation Directorate at the National Science Foundation (NSF) to use $100 billion in federal funds over five years to research #emerging #technologies including #quantum #computing, and specifically mentions the need for PQC. Additionally, in December 2022 President Biden signed into law the Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act, which requires the Office of Management and Budget to prioritize #federal #agencies’ #migration to IT systems using #postquantum cryptography. QuSecure’s QuProtect #software enables organizations to leverage #quantum-#resilient technology and is currently available to #test and #deploy, helping to #prevent today’s #cyberattacks, while future-proofing #networks and preparing for quantum #cyberthreats. It provides quantum-resilient #cryptography, anytime, #anywhere and on any device including #network, #cloud, #IoT (Internet of Things), #edgedevices, and #satellite communications. Using QuProtect, organizations can implement PQC on the network without removing #existing encryption so #installation is fast and #risk is #minimal. QuProtect software uses an end-to-end quantum-security-as-a-service architecture that addresses the digital ecosystem’s most #vulnerable aspects, uniquely #combining #zerotrust, next-generation post-quantum-cryptography, crypto #agility, quantum-#strength #keys, high #availability, easy deployment, and #active #defense into a #comprehensive and #interoperable cybersecurity suite. The end-to-end approach is designed to protect the entire #information lifecycle as data is #communicated, #used and #stored.
Department of the United States Air Force with QuSecure Advances Toward a Quantum-Resilient Future Protecting the Country from Today’s and Tomorrow’s #Cybersecurity Threats. The Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX have partnered to streamline the SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) process by accelerating the small business experience through faster proposal to award timelines, changing the pool of potential applicants by expanding opportunities to small business, and eliminating bureaucratic overhead by continually implementing process improvement changes in contract execution. This Air Force SBIR contract award follows similar SBIR contract awards QuSecure has won from the US Army 2023 (Phase II SBIR) and the U.S. Federal Government in 2022 (Phase III SBIR). “Following winning our previous two SBIR awards, QuSecure is proud to be a part of the Department of the Air Force’s efforts toward a more cyber-secure future,” said Pete Ford "Shadow", QuSecure SVP Federal Operations. “This award from the Air Force recognizes QuSecure’s ability to help enhance the combat fighting capabilities necessitated by modern warfare.” Read the full press release here - https://lnkd.in/g-aR3TDt