QIZ Security collaborates with Google Cloud to develop quantum-safe encryption solutions.

      QIZ Security has announced a partnership with Google Cloud to assist enterprises in transitioning to quantum-resistant cryptography. This collaboration merges QIZ’s cryptographic posture management platform with Google Cloud’s infrastructure to provide organizations with insights into cryptographic risks across hybrid environments as regulatory deadlines approach.

      The urgency to protect sensitive information from future quantum computing threats has intensified. QIZ Security, a startup focused on cryptographic posture management, has teamed up with Google Cloud to expedite the adoption of quantum-resistant cryptography, a shift seen as increasingly critical by both regulators and technologists.

      The partnership integrates QIZ’s platform, which identifies and catalogues cryptographic assets across hybrid settings, with Google Cloud’s extensive infrastructure and security tools. Together, they aim to deliver organizations consolidated visibility into cryptographic risks associated with cloud workloads, on-site systems, applications, databases, and overall infrastructure.

      Central to this initiative is a pressing issue highlighted by the security community: quantum computers are anticipated to eventually compromise commonly used public-key cryptographic algorithms, such as RSA and elliptic curve cryptography. This concern has led to “harvest now, decrypt later” tactics, where attackers intercept and accumulate encrypted data today for future decryption when quantum capabilities advance.

      The timeline for this threat appears to be accelerating. In March 2026, Google revised its internal deadline for a complete transition to post-quantum cryptography to 2029, ahead of the U.S. government’s targets. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) finalized its initial three post-quantum cryptography standards in August 2024, establishing algorithms like ML-KEM and ML-DSA that are built to resist quantum attacks. Concurrently, regulatory pressure is increasing: the NSA’s CNSA 2.0 suite requires quantum-resistant algorithms for new national security system acquisitions starting January 2027, and the European Union is working on a coordinated roadmap aiming for critical infrastructure resilience by 2030.

      QIZ’s platform helps manage the operational challenges of this transition. It conducts enterprise-wide cryptographic discovery, identifies encryption at risk from quantum threats, prioritizes risks, generates migration plans, and facilitates ongoing governance and regulatory adherence. When deployed within Google Cloud environments, it evaluates cryptographic posture across distributed systems, offering security teams a unified view of a complex problem.

      The collaboration focuses on regulated industries, such as financial services, government, telecommunications, and critical infrastructure, where the ramifications of a cryptographic breach could be severe and compliance deadlines are stringent. For these organizations, the hurdle involves not just adopting new algorithms but also recognizing where legacy encryption is utilized, how it interacts with other systems, and which assets are most exposed.

      The momentum for post-quantum cryptography has notably increased over the past year. Research released between May 2025 and March 2026 significantly decreased the estimated quantum resources needed to breach RSA-2048, shortening timelines that previously seemed distant. Leading cloud providers, government entities, and standards organizations are now acting in unison, making crypto-agility—the flexibility to change cryptographic primitives without overhauling entire systems—a fundamental expectation rather than a mere theoretical goal.

      For enterprises that have not yet commenced their cryptographic inventory, the QIZ and Google Cloud collaboration provides a structured way to start. For those already progressing in this area, it offers a level of centralized management that manual audits and spreadsheets cannot achieve. In either scenario, the time for preparation is diminishing, and the implications of inaction are increasingly difficult to overlook.