Cryptosense

Cryptosense is a pioneering cryptographic management platform, now a core component of the SandboxAQ Security Suite. It was designed to address a critical and often overlooked area of cybersecurity: the management of cryptographic assets. In today's complex IT environments, organizations struggle to maintain visibility over the encryption keys, certificates, and algorithms scattered across their applications, networks, and cloud infrastructure. This lack of visibility, often called 'crypto-blindness,' leads to significant security risks, including the use of weak or deprecated algorithms and poor key management, making systems vulnerable to breaches.

Acquired by SandboxAQ, a leader in AI and Quantum (AQ) technologies, Cryptosense has been enhanced with advanced analytics to provide a comprehensive solution for modern cryptographic challenges. The platform empowers security and development teams to automatically discover their entire cryptographic footprint, analyze it for vulnerabilities, and manage it from a single, unified dashboard. More importantly, it provides a clear and actionable roadmap for migrating to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC), ensuring long-term data security against the threat of quantum computers.

How to use Cryptosense

The platform operates in a continuous, cyclical process to ensure ongoing cryptographic health:

1. Deploy & Scan: Users deploy lightweight Cryptosense analyzers across their IT environment. These analyzers can be integrated into CI/CD pipelines, run on servers, scan container images, and inspect source code repositories.
2. Discover & Inventory: The analyzers automatically scan the environment to detect all cryptographic components, including libraries, protocols, certificates, keys, and algorithms in use. This data is securely sent to the central management console.
3. Analyze & Prioritize: The platform's central dashboard provides a 360-degree view of the organization's 'crypto-surface.' It uses AI-driven analytics to identify vulnerabilities, such as weak ciphers, expiring certificates, or hardcoded keys. It then prioritizes these findings based on risk and business context, allowing teams to focus on the most critical issues first.
4. Remediate & Migrate: Cryptosense provides developers with precise, actionable guidance to remediate vulnerabilities. For the PQC transition, it identifies all instances of classical cryptography that need upgrading and helps plan and execute a phased migration to NIST-approved quantum-resistant algorithms.
5. Monitor & Report: The platform continuously monitors the infrastructure for any new cryptographic assets or changes, preventing 'crypto-drift.' It generates detailed compliance reports for various standards (e.g., PCI-DSS, GDPR), simplifying audit processes.

Core Features of Cryptosense

• Automated Cryptographic Discovery: Continuously scans applications, source code, and infrastructure to build a real-time, comprehensive inventory of all cryptographic assets.
• Vulnerability and Risk Analysis: Identifies weak algorithms, insecure implementations, poor key management practices, and other cryptographic vulnerabilities.
• Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Readiness: Assesses an organization's vulnerability to quantum attacks and provides a strategic roadmap for migrating to quantum-safe standards.
• Unified Cryptography Management: A centralized dashboard offering complete visibility and control, enabling effective governance over the entire cryptographic landscape.
• Crypto-Agility Automation: Provides tools and workflows to streamline the process of updating and replacing cryptographic components, reducing manual effort and minimizing disruption.
• Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) for Crypto: Generates a detailed inventory of all cryptographic components within the software supply chain, enhancing security and transparency.
• Compliance and Audit Reporting: Automates the generation of reports required for internal policies and external regulations like NIST, GDPR, and PCI-DSS.

Use Cases for Cryptosense

Cryptosense is essential for any large organization that relies on encryption for data protection:

• Financial Services: Banks and fintech companies use it to secure sensitive customer data, protect transactions, and prepare their legacy systems for the PQC era.
• Government & Defense: Public sector agencies leverage it to safeguard national security information and comply with federal mandates for migrating to quantum-resistant cryptography.
• Healthcare: Hospitals and healthcare providers use it to protect patient data (PHI) and ensure HIPAA compliance.
• Telecommunications: Telcos use it to secure their network infrastructure and customer communications against current and future threats.
• Technology & Software: Software companies integrate Cryptosense into their DevSecOps pipeline to ensure their products are built with strong, compliant cryptography from the start.

Advantages of Cryptosense

• Proactive Security Posture: Shifts from a reactive to a proactive approach by identifying and fixing cryptographic weaknesses before they can be exploited.
• Complete Visibility: Eliminates dangerous blind spots by providing a comprehensive and always-up-to-date view of the entire cryptographic attack surface.
• Future-Proofs Security: Offers a clear, manageable path to PQC migration, protecting sensitive data from future quantum threats.
• Reduces Operational Costs: Automates the highly manual and error-prone tasks of discovering, tracking, and updating cryptography, freeing up valuable developer and security resources.
• Backed by AQ Expertise: As part of SandboxAQ, the platform benefits from cutting-edge research in both AI and quantum technologies.

Pricing and Plans

Cryptosense is an enterprise-level solution with pricing tailored to the specific needs and scale of an organization. Pricing information is not publicly available. Interested parties are encouraged to contact the SandboxAQ sales team for a custom quote and to schedule a demo.