Entrust, a global leader in identity-centric security solutions, has announced a collaboration with IBM Consulting to assist enterprises in gaining control of their cryptographic estates and executing a governed shift towards quantum-safe security.
The partnership combines IBM Consulting’s quantum-safe transformation services with Entrust’s established expertise in public key infrastructure (PKI), cryptographic security, and hardware security modules, serving financial institutions, governments, and enterprises worldwide.
At the centre of the joint offering is the Entrust Cryptographic Security Platform (CSP), which acts as a unified control plane delivering continuous discovery, visibility, policy enforcement, and lifecycle automation across certificates, keys, and secrets.
The solution is designed to move organisations beyond theoretical awareness of quantum risk towards active execution, enabling repeatable cryptographic governance, reducing outages and audit gaps, and making measurable progress towards post-quantum cryptography (PQC).
The collaboration addresses a growing challenge for enterprises, many of which still operate with widespread cryptographic sprawl, certificates, keys, and secrets distributed across legacy systems, cloud services, and DevOps pipelines under inconsistent policies. One-off assessments and fragmented toolsets are ill-equipped to address these vulnerabilities, underlining the need for a centralised control and remediation plane.
The joint solution encompasses three core components. The first is enterprise-wide cryptographic discovery and risk assessment, using the Entrust CSP to establish continuous visibility into certificates, keys, secrets, algorithms, and trust anchors, while mapping cryptographic exposure to business services, data longevity, and regulatory impact.
The second is a business-aligned migration roadmap developed through IBM Consulting’s Quantum Safe Migration Orchestrator, which converts assessment findings into a prioritised, risk-based plan aligned to compliance and operational requirements. The third is managed execution and ongoing governance, phasing in changes safely while enforcing cryptographic policy, automating lifecycle workflows, and supporting hybrid and post-quantum adoption.
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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