Patero Inc., a company specializing in post-quantum cryptography, has announced the general availability of its CryptoQoR product, which has received certification to operate with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, a leading enterprise Linux platform.
CryptoQoR is designed to provide high-performance, low-latency, quantum-resistant encryption for data in motion across critical infrastructure sectors, federal agencies, and Department of Defense (DoD) applications. Its architecture aims to secure internet-facing network elements through hybrid post-quantum encryption, enabling Red Hat Enterprise Linux network administrators to establish end-to-end, hybrid, post-quantum encrypted communication channels.
Crick Waters, CEO of Patero, stated, “CryptoQoR is a crypto-agile software module working across any X86 or ARM platform using FIPS 203 compliant post-quantum cryptographic standards from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).” He added, “CryptoQoR’s highly efficient design enables users to select and switch cryptographic algorithms, without disruption to operations, making CryptoQoR an ideal solution for securing data-in-motion now and long into the future.”
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 is recognized as an efficient, cost-effective, and reliable operating system for enterprise-level deployments. Mike Epley, chief architect and security strategist at Red Hat, commented on the collaboration: “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 provides a strategic and intelligent backbone to fuel the next generation of IT innovation. We are pleased to work with Patero to certify CryptoQoR on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 to equip organizations with a hardware-agnostic solution that can be used to secure communication between existing assets or deployed as a standalone component on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux gateway to deliver post-quantum cryptographic remediation of internet-exposed endpoints.”
Patero’s software functions across a range of compute platforms, including EDGE gateways, bare metal, virtual machines (VMs), cloud environments, containers, and mobile devices. Its quantum-key material authentication mechanism supports zero-trust network architectures, and when integrated with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the solution aims to reduce attack surfaces and protect critical information from evolving quantum-computing cybersecurity threats.
Patero, based in the Quantum Startup Foundry at the University of Maryland, College Park, specializes in quantum secure communications. The company’s solutions include cryptographic discovery and inventory tools that quantify risk and prioritize mitigation against current and future cryptographic attacks. Patero’s crypto-agile post-quantum security offerings hybridize classic encryption with NIST-standardized quantum-resistant encryption algorithms to address cryptographic vulnerabilities and safeguard data-in-motion from “steal-now, decrypt-later” and future direct decryption attacks.
