London, UK – 6 September 2023 – Arqit Quantum Inc, a leader in quantum-safe encryption, and SecureCloud+, the leading provider of Secure Collaboration to UK defence and public sector, today announced a partnership and supply contract to deliver resilient high grade security solutions and services.

This partnership will harness Arqit’s groundbreaking Symmetric Key Agreement Platform, which guards against current and future cyber threats including spoofing, harvesting and tampering, and SecureCloud+ services to deliver resilience and protection for data management, communications, devices, sensors and network infrastructures.

The actions of hostile threat actors combined with rapid advancements in computing technology continues to expand the threat surface, making traditional encryption methods vulnerable to cyber-attacks. SecureCloud+ customers require secure collaboration and communication services, and Arqit’s Symmetric Key Agreement Platform provides a crypto agile solution that simply integrates to, and scales across, existing networks and connected devices. It’s through life zero trust architecture supports multi-domain working and creates encryption keys at any endpoint to mitigate risks associated with traditional key distribution.

David Williams, Arqit Founder, Chairman and CEO said:

“This important partnership will address the growing demand for enhanced protection against cyber-attacks. Arqit is delighted to be collaborating with SecureCloud+ and to use our unique Symmetric Key Agreement Platform to help customers deliver resilient, secure, simple and seamless protection for networked devices.”

Peter Williamson, CEO, SecureCloud+ said:

“This partnership means we continue to be on the front foot in enabling our customers to receive unparalleled levels of real-time management, resilience, and security across open and closed networks. We will continue to assess new technologies and innovations while partnering with the best to ensure the services we offer remain market leading.”