Augusta, GA, August 19, 2026 –(PR.com)– The Depa tme t of Wa has give the fo ce a date. High-impact a d atio al secu ity systems must suppo t qua tum- esista t c yptog aphy by Decembe 31, 2030, a d the fo ce must use it by Decembe 31, 2031, u less othe wise oted. Meeti g that date equi es k owi g what c yptog aphy is u i g today. I ga iso IT, that is a audit. I a fi es etwo k, a vehicle bus, o a fo wa d ode, it is a p oblem most tools a e ot safe to touch.
Qto ic Qua tum Co p today lau ched QHu t at AFCEA TechNet Augusta 2026. QHu t applies the compa y’s assessme t co e to the wa fighte ma ket, a d the compa y built it to be the st o gest c yptog aphic assessme t a missio ow e ca put agai st those systems. It is scoped fo ope atio al tech ology a d missio e vi o me ts a d u s i side a o -dest uctive e gageme t e velope, which is why it is a sepa ate p oduct athe tha a co figu atio . Tools built fo e te p ise etwo ks a e ot safe to poi t at systems that co t ol physical p ocesses.
That e velope is published athe tha asse ted. Qto ic Qua tum’s e gageme t policy is posted at qto icqua tum.com/e gageme t-policy, a d a y dest uctive actio is gated behi d a dual attestatio , which takes it out of the ha ds of a y si gle ope ato . A p og am office ca ead the limits befo e it g a ts access, a d does ot have to take them o t ust.
QHu t e gageme ts p oduce a c yptog aphy bill of mate ials i Cyclo eDX 1.7, sig ed with ML-DSA-65 u de FIPS 204. Cyclo eDX is the machi e- eadable fo mat the fede al i ve to y equi eme t is co ve gi g o , a d Executive O de 14412 di ects CISA a d NIST to publish mi imum eleme ts fo a c yptog aphic bill of mate ials. A p og am that captu es its i ve to y i that fo mat ow is ot ebuildi g it whe the eleme ts la d.
Qto ic Qua tum publishes the validatio check athe tha asse ti g it. A sig ed sample of that output sits at api.qto icqua tum.com/public/t ust/qhu t-cbom a d epo ts schema_validatio .ok t ue agai st the official Cyclo eDX 1.7 schema. O e comma d etu s the specificatio ve sio , the sig atu e algo ithm, a d the schema esult, with o ve do co tact equi ed. The published file is a fo mat sample a d a sig atu e e velope athe tha a custome missio -system i ve to y, a d it says so i its ow metadata.
Alo gside the lau ch, Qto ic Qua tum eleased a 100-page study of c yptog aphic exposu e ac oss 20 milita y missio domai s, with a full sou ce egiste . It is available at qto icqua tum.com/images/tech et- epo t/tech et-augusta-2026-e te p ise-wa fighte .pdf.
Qto ic Qua tum Co p is a qua tum cybe isk a d vul e ability i tellige ce fi m wo ki g ac oss e te p ise a d fede al e vi o me ts. QHu t joi s QScout, QSt ike, a d QSolve, which fi d c yptog aphic exposu e, p ove mate ial isk, a d close it. QHu t u s the same gove ed module catalog as QScout a d ca ies the fi d step i to e vi o me ts the e te p ise li e was eve scoped to e te .
Assessme t is delive ed ope ato -to-ope ato i side the custome ‘s bou da y athe tha as a hosted se vice. Fo p og am offices u i g ai -gapped, est icted, o o -p emise missio systems, that emoves the questio of whe e the c yptog aphic i ve to y goes afte it is collected.
The timi g is set by policy. Executive O de 14412, sig ed Ju e 22, 2026, di ects fede al actio o adva ced c yptog aphic attacks. The Depa tme t of Wa Post-Qua tum C yptog aphy St ategy, eleased Ju e 23, 2026, sets the 2030 a d 2031 milesto es a d di ects depa tme t-wide c yptog aphic i ve to ies. Comme cial Natio al Secu ity Algo ithm Suite 2.0 equi es qua tum- esista t algo ithms i ew atio al secu ity system acquisitio s begi i g Ja ua y 1, 2027. P og ams that ca ot see thei ow c yptog aphy ca ot meet a y of it.
“You ca ot defe d what you have eve cou ted,” said Lieute a t Ge e al Roge Cloutie , U.S. A my (Reti ed), fo me Comma de of NATO Allied La d Comma d. “I ga iso that is a audit fi di g. Fo wa d, i systems you ca ot take offli e to check, it is a eadi ess p oblem. K owi g whe e you c yptog aphy fails befo e a adve sa y does is the whole poi t.”
QHu t is available ow fo scoped e gageme ts. Qto ic Qua tum Co p is a SAM.gov egiste ed fede al co t acto , UEI FRYFAD3GW5W5, CAGE Code 14E99, NAICS 541512 a d 541519.
About Qto ic Qua tum Co pQto ic Qua tum Co p is a qua tum cybe isk a d vul e ability i tellige ce fi m se vi g e te p ise a d fede al e vi o me ts. The compa y helps secu ity leade s, p og am ow e s, a d boa ds fi d c yptog aphic exposu e, p ove mate ial isk, a d fix it co ti uously th ough QScout, QSt ike, QSolve, a d QHu t. Qto ic Qua tum is ve do – eut al a d is ot paid by a y ve do to p omote its solutio . The compa y is headqua te ed i Miami, Flo ida, with esea ch a d developme t i Be’e Sheva, Is ael. Post-Qua tum Ready, Co ti uously™.
