PQShield, the leading provider of post-quantum cryptography (PQC) solutions, has officially announced the introduction of PQPlatform-TrustSys, which happens to be a new quantum-safe Root of Trust solution, geared towards helping ASIC and FPGA hardware achieve compliance with new PQC standards put forth by regulations like the NSA’s CNSA 2.0.
According to certain reports, PQPlatform-TrustSys joins, at launch, PQShield’s industry-leading UltraPQ-Suite best-known for offering a range of ultra fast, ultra small, and ultra secure highly optimized implementations of PQC. This it does to support various critical use cases as the global supply chain transitions to new cryptographic standards.
More on the same would reveal how PQShield’s varied product suite makes it possible for organizations to choose implementations of PQC that best match their priorities, a component becoming increasingly important for manufacturers that require either fast-performance, high-security, or low-footprint solutions.
“I am excited to introduce PQPlatform-TrustSys to support ASIC and FPGA manufacturers in bringing quantum-safe products to market. This hardware holds a critical role in the global technology supply chain, and by assisting its adoption of post-quantum cryptography, we can help accelerate the overall global transition to quantum security,” said Dr Axel Poschmann, VP of Product at PQShield.
Talk about PQShield suite on a slightly deeper level, it stands upon, like we briefly referred to, three key pillars i.e. ultra fast, ultra secure, and ultra small, each one chipping in to help PQShield deliver high quality PQC products, all for the purpose of addressing customers’ optimization problems in a head-on manner.
Starting from its ultra-fast nature, it should come in handy for delivering, high-performance PQC to accelerate new and existing applications in FPGA or ASIC. More on that would reveal how PQShield’s core product in this category, PQPerform-Lattice, arrives bearing an ability to optimize key encapsulations per second, maintaining strong latency performance and optimizing power consumption.
Such a component would be particularly critical in the networking sector, including for applications like firewalls, routers, and HSMs.
Next up, we have PQShield’s ultra secure implementations that, on their part, are optimized for use in products targeting highly sophisticated attackers. This includes critical infrastructure devices with a long lifecycle which require the highest levels of integrity.
Complementing that would be side channel attack (SCA) and fault injection attack (FIA) resistance, a particularly important pair of components for device attestation, where confirming that your device has not been tampered with, compromised, or running unauthorized firmware/software is crucial
The technology in question also features a range of modular IPs to future proof existing security implementations.
Rounding up highlights would be the solution’s ultra small size, which targets implementations in memory-constrained devices, embedded systems, microcontrollers and devices that are already deployed in the field. Here, PQShield’s leading ultra small product, PQCryptoLib-Embedded, is understood to be the smallest implementation of PQC on the market.
The stated feature is particularly useful for OEMs and device manufacturers, who need efficient implementations of PQC to secure end-to-end-encrypted (E2EE) comms channels.
To understand the significance of such a development, we must take into account how, back in 2024, the PKfail vulnerability highlighted multiple security issues within Secure Boot and Secure Update mechanisms. As a result, product developers across the board are now required to ensure they meet both existing and new regulatory requirements with clear timelines set out by NIST, both for the adoption of PQC and Secure Boot.
In response, the new development empowers manufacturers to achieve compliance with cybersecurity regulations using minimal integration time and effort. The idea here is to execute strong, efficient, and quantum-resistant security implementations that don’t have to struggle with the limitations of older architectures.
“With new standards announced, last year was pivotal in the progress towards quantum security. 2025 is where we run into the real challenge – implementation. Given the wide range of implementation use cases, we need to offer manufacturers enough flexibility and crypto-agility to roll out PQC in a way that meets their priorities. Our ultra secure, ultra fast and ultra small products address the major challenges manufacturers face when choosing an implementation of PQC,” said Ali El Kaafarani, founder and CEO of PQShield.
