CLEVELAND, Ohio – August 14, 2025 — Today, the Quantum-Safe 360 Alliance, including members Keyfactor, IBM Consulting, Thales, and Quantinuum, unveiled its first comprehensive guide to help organizations navigate the global transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). The white paper marks the formal debut of the Quantum-Safe 360 Alliance, an evolving collective of industry leaders with unparalleled expertise spanning cryptographic design and deployment, public key infrastructure (PKI) and certificate lifecycle management, crypto-agile development practices, and quantum-safe cryptography. Collaborating to help enterprises tackle the challenges of PQC transitions, the Alliance’s white paper signals a coordinated, public effort to provide clear guidance and accelerate preparedness for the quantum era.

Charting the Path to a Quantum-Safe Future: New White Paper Offers Essential Guidance

The white paper, entitled “Digital Trust & Cybersecurity in the Era of Quantum Computing,” serves as a comprehensive guide for enterprises seeking to start their PQC readiness journeys and implement cryptographic agility. Drawing upon each Alliance member’s deep proficiency and diverse capabilities, the white paper highlights the urgency of quantum-safe preparedness and the risks of inaction and provides actionable guidance on building stronger crypto-agility and starting PQC transitions.

Key topics the white paper addresses include:

• The necessity of cryptographic agility to adapt to evolving threats;
• The challenges enterprises face in securing internal buy-in for PQC and strategies to overcome them;
• Case studies highlighting the value of holistic post-quantum preparation guided by the expertise and skills of Alliance members;
• A strategic roadmap for enterprises to adopt cryptographic agility; and,
• Best practices and tools for implementing a quantum-safe infrastructure, including PKI management, key lifecycle strategies, and quantum-generated randomness for enhanced security.

Stronger Together: A Unified Approach to Quantum-Safe Security

Organizations are beginning to recognize the importance of a quantum-safe cryptographic infrastructure. However, true preparedness requires a holistic approach – one that ensures cryptographic agility across every element of implementation, from data ingress to storage, fostering resilience against evolving threats.

The Alliance was formed with this holistic vision in mind, bringing together companies and experts focused on the future of cybersecurity to tackle the complex challenges of quantum computing. By pooling resources and knowledge, the Alliance aims to help enterprises navigate the quantum era, including supplying organizations with cybersecurity best practices and interoperable solutions designed to work cohesively across platforms and industries.

“Quantum computing is no longer a distant possibility—it’s an impending reality. Organizations must start their transition to quantum-safe security today to protect sensitive data and infrastructure,” said Ted Shorter, CTO of Keyfactor. “However, there is no single solution that can ensure a successful PQC transition. The Quantum-Safe 360 Alliance is built on the principle that collaboration is essential to navigating this complex and critical transformation, reinforcing the idea that we are stronger together in securing the future of digital trust.”

Supporting Alliance Quotes:

“This white paper serves as both a mission statement for our Quantum-Safe 360 Alliance members and provides perspective on the collaboration that is necessary in a quantum-safe transformation journey,” said Gregg Barrow, Vice President & Global Offering Leader for Quantum Safe Transformation & Growth, IBM Consulting. “Through the Alliance, IBM Consulting is committed to helping enterprises understand, plan for, and build scalable, adaptable security frameworks for the quantum era.”

“As cyber threats evolve, no single organization can tackle the challenge of quantum readiness alone,” said Blair Canavan, Alliances Director – PQC Cyber Security Product Portfolio at Thales. “By working together through the Alliance, we’re bringing together decades of HSM, high-speed encryption, and key management expertise to deliver a clear, actionable roadmap for post-quantum readiness. Our goal is to further cryptographic collaboration across our partnerships and customers, ensuring organizations are adequately preparing to safeguard sensitive data against future threats.”

“Quantum technology presents both challenges and opportunities for cybersecurity,” said Duncan Jones, Head of Cybersecurity, Quantinuum. “This joint white paper is a product of deep collaboration among the industry’s foremost experts in quantum-safe cryptography. Together, the Alliance is delivering practical solutions that help enterprises strengthen both algorithmic defenses and the randomness quality that underpins cryptographic trust, all while minimizing disruption to existing infrastructure.”

To access the white paper or to learn more about how the Quantum-Safe 360 Alliance can help your organization embark on the journey to quantum safety, please visit https://www.keyfactor.com/qsafe-360-alliance.

About Keyfactor

Keyfactor brings digital trust to the hyper-connected world by empowering organizations to build and maintain secure, trusted connections across every device, workload, and machine. By simplifying PKI, automating certificate lifecycle management, and enabling crypto-agility, Keyfactor helps organizations move fast to establish digital trust at scale. With Keyfactor, businesses can tackle today’s challenges, like growing certificate volumes, manual processes, and new standards and regulations, while laying the groundwork for a successful transition to post-quantum cryptography. For more, visit keyfactor.com.

About IBM

IBM is a leading provider of global hybrid cloud and AI, and consulting expertise. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Thousands of government and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM’s hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM’s breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and consulting deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM’s long-standing commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity and service. Visit www.ibm.com for more information.

About Thales

Today’s businesses and governments depend on the cloud, data and software to deliver trusted digital services. That is why the most recognized brands and organizations around the world rely on Thales to help them protect sensitive information and software wherever it is created, stored or accessed – from the cloud and data centers to devices and across networks. As the global leader in data security, identity & access management, and software licensing, our solutions enable organizations to move to the cloud securely, achieve compliance with confidence, create more value from their software and deliver seamless digital experiences for millions of consumers every day.

About Quantinuum

Quantinuum is the world leader in quantum computing. The company’s quantum systems deliver the highest performance across all industry benchmarks. Quantinuum’s over 550 employees, including 370+ scientists and engineers, across the US, UK, Germany, and Japan, are driving the quantum computing revolution.