Post-Quantum

Post-Quantum is a British deep tech pioneer focused on protecting the world's information from the threat posed by hacking using quantum computers. Founded in 2009, the company has developed a range of quantum-safe software products focused on identity, transmission and encryption to deliver an end-to-end environment secure from quantum attack. NTS-KEM (now known as Classic McEliece) is the company's submission to the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography competition, which seeks to identify algorithms that will form an open source crypto standard used to protect all the world's digital information. Classic McEliece is the only remaining finalist in the code-based category of the NIST competition, following the merger with the submission led by Professor Daniel Bernstein. The company is the original author of the Internet Engineering Taskforce (IETF) standards for a Hybrid Post-Quantum Virtual Private Network. These standards can be used by developers to build VPNs capable of withstanding quantum attacks and the firm has also built such a VPN, which is being used in live environments today. Over the coming years quantum computers will mature to the stage where they can break today's encryption, rendering email, secure banking, crypto currencies and the world's communications systems vulnerable. Therefore, all large companies, technology providers and internet standards will need to transition to quantum-safe encryption in good time to avert the most significant cyber security threat to our privacy and the digital economy.