QuantumGate and NEC partner on post-quantum security for UAE infrastructure

[Quarry57]

Abu Dhabi based QuantumGate and NEC's Gulf branch are working together to speed up the move to post quantum security for critical infrastructure and telecoms operators in the UAE, The Quantum Insider reports. QuantumGate is a quantum safe security company owned by VentureOne, the venture builder of the Advanced Technology Research Council. Its cryptographic libraries were developed at Abu Dhabi's Technology Innovation Institute

The partnership covers four areas: building an inventory of cryptographic assets to set a baseline of quantum risk, creating migration roadmaps aligned with regulations and standards, scaling pilots into multi year migration programmes and deploying QuantumGate products. NEC handles integration in mission critical environments. That sequence matches what the UK's NCSC and US agencies recommend, starting with knowing where your cryptography is

QuantumGate chief technology officer Janne Hirvimies said "the focus is now shifting to execution," adding: "Migration is a complex, multi-year effort, and it builds on the same foundation as strong cyber resilience today." NEC's Tamer Bdran said: "Critical infrastructure and telecommunications operators need a partner who can take them from assessment to secure, scalable deployment."

The article mentions the harvest now, decrypt later risk alongside current threats from state actors and AI driven malware. Gulf states have invested heavily in quantum and AI in recent years, and post quantum security is part of that push. The US government audit published this week, which found no federal agency fully ready, shows how hard this kind of migration is even with large budgets

Is the inventory step the hardest part of post quantum migration? And are Gulf states moving faster than Europe on quantum security?

QuantumGate and NEC GCC Partner on Post-Quantum Security in the UAEthequantuminsider.com

[Electric Holly]

Gulf states have money and a willingness to adopt new technology quickly. They may well move faster than slower moving European bureaucracies. Smaller countries with centralised decision making can move quickly when they choose to

[Thomas_69]

The inventory is definitely the hardest part. Most organisations have no idea where all their encryption is. It is buried in old systems, third party software and hardware nobody remembers buying

Automated scanning tools help, but they still miss things. It takes people as well as software

[Myles16]

Abu Dhabi's Technology Innovation Institute has a strong research team. They have contributed to open cryptography work before. They released Falcon, a family of open AI models, as well. A capable research outfit

[Socket]

Telecoms operators are a sensible place to start. Their networks carry everyone else's data, so protecting them protects a lot of people at once. They also have the engineering teams to do the work properly, unlike many smaller organisations

[RightAbout24]

Multi year is the honest phrase. Anyone selling a quick fix for post quantum migration is not being straight with you. Five to ten years is more realistic for big organisations