Sovereign Cloud Australia Pty (AUCloud) have announced general availability of Australia’s first Quantum Safe Symmetric Key Agreement Software with Arqit Quantum Cloud

AUCloud has launched a QuantumCloud™-powered PaaS (Platform as a Service) offering quantum-safe encryption functionality for the Australian market including near-region customers.

AUCloud is an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider that exclusively serves the Australian Government, Defence, Intelligence, and Critical Infrastructure (CI) sectors.

Governments and businesses can utilise the service to protect against post-quantum computing attacks, such as “Harvest Now, Decrypt Later,” and increase the protection of a wide range of IoT, defence, and financial services applications, which are impossible to achieve with other post-quantum cryptographic methods.

Arqit is the only firm in the world that has published an independent endorsement that its software generates keys that are Zero Trust and computationally secure.

This is a significant achievement in quantum technology, and demonstrates the close cooperation between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, all of which are leaders in the field and was first announced on September 15, 2021, as part of the AUKUS trilateral security agreement between the three countries.

Phil Dawson, Managing Director and Co-Founder of AUCloud, says in partnership with Arqit, we are proud to offer the first Symmetric Key Agreement Software (SKAS) service to the Australian market and near-Region customers.  With our strong commitment to sovereign data protection.

We are hugely excited by the potential of AUCloud’s sovereign Symmetric Key Agreement Software to provide post quantum safety.

“At a time when the public is even more conscious of personal data security and in light of the recent announcement by the Australian Government on its consultation process on their quantum strategy, AUCloud’s SKAS will further reduce the risk of data compromise for all Australians.” 

“Experience providing SKAS to early adopter customers will create even greater Australian leadership in this important and developing market.”  says Dawson

Arqit Founder, Chairman and CEO David Williams, says we are excited to offer Arqit’s globally unique software in Australia in partnership with AUCloud.

“Our partnership builds on the huge amount of work Australia is doing in the quantum space and will enable us to deliver significant advantage to sovereign customers.” he said

AUCloud customers can enjoy the benefits of a hyperscale public cloud, automation, elasticity, at lower costs—while ensuring that all data types remain inside Australia and benefit from data sovereignty.