Acronis and ID Quantique Collaboration to Help Companies Protect Data Outside of the Firewall and on Mobile Devices from Future Security Threats and Vulnerabilities
Acronis and ID Quantique have collaborated to help protect companies from future security threats related to advances in decryption techniques and the arrival of quantum computing. Acronis will work with ID Quantique to bring quantum-safe encryption capabilities to Acronis cloud solutions – making Acronis the first cloud data protection solution provider in the industry to do so.
“Organizations face a vexing situation where they must improve cybersecurity defenses and oversight while simultaneously adopting new IT initiatives that often involve the cloud,” said Jon Oltsik, Senior Principal Analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. “To ensure data privacy and security are never compromised, CIOs and IT Administrators will only work with vendors and cloud service providers who make security a big part of their technologies and service offerings.”
Acronis and ID Quantique will leverage quantum-safe encryption to provide Quantum-resistant encryption, Quantum key distribution, and Quantum random number generators to Acronis cloud data protection solutions. “Quantum computing opens up a new world of cyber security threats that companies cannot ignore – especially those moving more IT operations like data protection to the cloud,” said Serguei Beloussov, Co-Founder and CEO at Acronis.
“Quantum-safe approaches are essential to guarantee long-term confidentiality of data,” said Gregoire Ribordy, CEO at ID Quantique. “This kind of solution will become the de-facto standard for the cloud, and Acronis, as a first-mover, will have a strong edge.”
