IonQ announced it has agreed to acquire @ElisityInc to accelerate zero trust for the quantum era. The acquisition brings together IonQ’s post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and quantum key distribution (QKD) capabilities with Elisity's enterprise Zero Trust technology platform.

Enterprises face two overlapping priorities: containing attacks that operate at machine speed and preparing to protect sensitive information against future quantum threats. A recent GAO report (https://files.gao.gov/reports/GAO-27-108740/index.html) found that none of the 24 federal agencies it audited had fully addressed selected post-quantum cryptography practices, while Juniper Research (https://www.juniperresearch.com/press/post-quantum-cryptography-27-per-cent-of-businesses-globally-deploy-pqc/) projects that only 27% of global enterprises will be quantum-ready by 2035. Together, these trends underscore the need to prepare now for the quantum era.

IonQ will add an expanded cybersecurity platform that uncovers and protects against both present LLM and emerging quantum threats.

“With Elisity and its team as part of IonQ, we will be well positioned to help customers protect critical infrastructure and enterprise networks throughout the transition to the quantum era. Elisity will bring proven enterprise policy enforcement scale and deployment experience to our quantum security strategy and will give IonQ a strong growth platform to serve customers,” said IonQ’s Chairman and CEO @NiccoloDeMasi.

Read our news here: http://www.ionq.com/news/ionq-to-acquire-elisity-to-accelerate-zero-trust-for-the-quantum-era

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