At the 7th annual CybersecAsia Readers’ Choice Awards, the zero-trust and zero-knowledge identity security vendor Keeper Security was named the winner for Best in Quantum Cybersecurity and Quantum-Safe Cryptography.
The honor reflects direct votes cast by chief information security officers, technology executives, and frontline cybersecurity practitioners who evaluated solutions that delivered the most tangible impact on their operations throughout the past year. Rather than treating quantum defense as a distant goal on a future roadmap, Keeper Security secured the title by rolling out quantum-resistant encryption as an active, default safeguard across its production platform.
Neutralizing the Harvest-Now-Decrypt-Later Threat
The recognition comes as industry anxiety grows about intercept tactics that exploit weaknesses in traditional encryption. Public-key schemes like RSA and elliptic curve cryptography are anticipated to be broken once the hardware for quantum computers is mature enough to be used. Bad actors, however, aren’t waiting for that milestone to arrive. Adversaries are stealing and storing encrypted corporate traffic in “harvest-now-decrypt-later” schemes, waiting for the arrival of quantum processing that will allow them to open the payloads. Privileged credentials and classified data are highly valuable for long operational lifetimes, making them prime targets for early interception.
Takanori Nishiyama, Senior Vice President of APAC Sales and Japan Country Manager at Keeper Security, noted that accolades from regional practitioners carry significant weight because enterprise defenders are already grappling with these realities. Organizations cannot afford to push post-quantum transitions into the distant future while adversaries actively harvest sensitive payloads.
Hybrid Cryptography for Better Security
To make this defense possible and not disrupt business workflows, Keeper developed a hybrid cryptographic system. The architecture combines traditional elliptic curve cryptography with Kyber, a key encapsulation mechanism that is one of the official post-quantum standards defined by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology. The platform integrates lattice-based cryptography directly on top of existing standards, providing client-server handshake and in-transit data security at the level of the most demanding public-key standards.
Enterprise administrators avoid deploying complex setup hurdles. When they upgrade to the latest release, every database password, API key, and credential managed within the KeeperPAM platform is automatically quantum-resilient protected, with no manual configuration required. The defense is now live in the Keeper’s browser extension, mobile apps, the Keeper Commander tool, and backend APIs.
Strengthened Architecture for Evolving Identity Demands
“This quantum rollout comes on top of an already strict regulatory framework. Keeper’s zero-trust architecture is supported by major compliance benchmarks, including FIPS 140-3 validation, FedRAMP high authorization, GovRAMP certifications, SOC 2 Type I and II attestations, and ISO 27001, 27017, and 27018 certifications.
As organizational perimeters expand to incorporate non-human workloads and automated software tools, managing privileged identity has grown far more complex. Through KeeperPAM, the company converges secrets handling, password and passkey control, endpoint privilege management, and privileged session security into a unified, cloud-native system. Coupled with KeeperAI for live, session-level threat monitoring, the platform acts as an integrated control layer governing access for human staff, machines, and autonomous agents across the broader enterprise environment.
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