Entrust, an identity-centric security solutions provider, has entered into a collaboration with IBM Consulting aimed at helping enterprises regain control of their cryptographic estates and manage a governed transition towards quantum-safe security.
The partnership brings together IBM Consulting’s quantum-safe transformation services and Entrust’s established standing in PKI, cryptographic security, and hardware security modules, with a combined focus on serving financial institutions, governments, and large enterprises.
Central to the joint offering is the Entrust Cryptographic Security Platform (CSP), which functions as a unified control plane providing continuous discovery, visibility, policy enforcement, and lifecycle automation across certificates, keys, and secrets.
Rather than leaving organisations at the stage of post-quantum awareness, the solution is built to drive active execution, enabling repeatable cryptographic governance, cutting outages and audit gaps, and delivering measurable progress towards post-quantum cryptography (PQC).
The offering responds to a persistent challenge across the enterprise landscape, where cryptographic sprawl remains widespread. Certificates, keys, and secrets are frequently scattered across legacy infrastructure, cloud environments, and DevOps pipelines, governed by inconsistent policies.
The joint solution is structured around three areas of delivery. Enterprise-wide cryptographic discovery and risk assessment uses the Entrust CSP to build continuous visibility into certificates, keys, secrets, algorithms, and trust anchors, mapping cryptographic exposure to business services, data longevity, and regulatory impact.
A business-aligned migration roadmap is then developed via IBM Consulting’s Quantum Safe Migration Orchestrator, translating assessment outputs into a prioritised, risk-based plan tied to compliance and operational needs. Finally, managed execution and ongoing governance phases changes in safely, enforcing cryptographic policy, automating lifecycle workflows, and supporting the adoption of hybrid and post-quantum standards.
IBM Consulting executive partner and global service line leader for quantum-safe and data security Dinesh Nagarajan said, “With regulatory expectations increasing and quantum computing advances continuing to accelerate, organizations can no longer treat quantum risk as a future concern. Preparation can no longer be delayed.
“By partnering with Entrust, we can help organizations move decisively toward post‑quantum readiness, with solutions built for sustainable governance, resilience, and scale.”
Entrust chief technology & product officer Mike Baxter said, “Quantum preparedness starts with regaining control of your cryptography across applications, clouds, identities, and infrastructure. We are excited to partner with IBM Consulting, which brings deep expertise in orchestrating the enterprise transformation required to deliver effective cryptographic management.
“Entrust supports this with its unified control plane for PKI, keys, certificates, and secrets, anchored in post-quantum compliant hardware security modules. Together, we can help customers establish governance, reduce operational risk today, and adopt crypto-agility so they can transition to post-quantum standards with confidence.”
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