Proactive by Design

Who Says Security Can’t Be Proactive?

While classical threats are omnipresent, cryptographic vulnerabilities from quantum computing are emerging too. This dual exposure spotlights a daunting gap between securing today’s classical computing systems and protecting against tomorrow’s quantum computing threats – threats that instantly render PKI obsolete and put critical infrastructure at unthinkable risk.

Welcome to CypherGenics. We evolve identity and authentication controls for a classical, AI, and quantum world.

Who We HelP

From Public to Private Sector, From IoT to OT – Built for You

Industries

CypherGenics covers the private and public sector. We secure identity and authentication for organizations that are especially dependent on IoT and OT systems, microcontrollers, and sensors.

Critical Infrastructure Operators

Electric
Utilities

Water
& Wastewater
Systems

Oil
& Gas

Nuclear
Plants

Financial Services

Asset
Management

Commercial
Banking

Investment
Banking

Insurance

High Tech

Hardware

Robotics

Semiconductors

Software

Healthcare & Life Sciences

Biotechnology

Pharmaceuticals

Healthcare

Insurance

Manufacturing

Aerospace

Consumer
Goods

Heavy
Manufacturing

Material
Processing

Public Sector

Federal
Government

State
Government

Local
Government

Higher
Education

The Problem

PKI’s Days Are Numbered

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) with certificate-based authentication was never built for resource-constrained devices, distributed scale, or adversarial quantum computing power that define today’s threat environment. Once the prevailing security model, PKI is suddenly a foundational vulnerability. It’s an operational burden with a known expiration date. It carries an unfunded liability: painful migration when quantum computing renders it cryptographically obsolete. Time is ticking.

Overwhelmed Operations

A sequential overview of how the current PKI problem compounds:


Certificate Madness

Teams are overwhelmed managing certificates, authorities across key distribution infrastructure and millions of devices.

OT, IoT Vulnerabilities

OT devices create documented, unmitigated encryption gaps at the precise layer nation-state actors target:

  • Physically control critical infrastructure, PLCs, RTUs, IEDs, sensors
  • Operate at Purdue Model Levels 0 & 1
  • Run on 8/16-bit microcontrollers
  • Lack post-quantum cryptographic standard support (NIST FIPS 203/204/205, TLS)

Implications

Consequences of inaction are not theoretical.

  • Expanding attack surface for state-sponsored adversaries
  • Weakened national grid security
  • Rising PKI operational costs
  • Violations of quantum-readiness mandates
  • Forced rip-and-replace at higher cost than proactive adoption

Inevitable Risk

Tangible operational risk occurs. For example, certificate expiration events cause enterprise outages.

Rising Costs

Engineering teams are hired solely to administer overhead, adding headcount expense. Device counts increase, further compounding costs. Add AI and agents to the mix, and the cost to manage certificate authentication becomes ridiculously unwieldy.

The Urgency

It’s Time to Beat The Clock

Regulatory mandates and federal compliance deadlines are converging with this technical reality.

NSM-10, OMB M-23-02

  • Requires post-quantum migration for critical infrastructure by 2035

NERC CIP-011

  • Requires encryption of bulk electric system critical information in transit

The Future Is Now

The New Approach to Manage Identity And Authentication

CypherGenics replaces the laborious, slow, and costly burden of PKI. It is the new identity and authentication standard-bearer for a hybrid world of classical, AI, and quantum computing. CypherGenics establishes a quantum-ready posture before quantum computing maturity and compliance mandates force the issue.

Key Differentiators

01

Classical, Quantum Protection

Mathematical Design

  • Not policy-based
  • Information-theoretic security
  • Built upon FIPS140-1-approved quantum-resistant primitives (AES-SHA3)

02

Unique Architecture

No Quantum Attack Surface

  • No handshake — devices derive identical keys independently
  • Removes the entire interception attack surface
  • Stateless authentication — no central server query at runtime
  • No single point of failure — distributed trust

CypherGenics vs. PKI

CypherGenics
PKI
READINESS
Classical computing systems
Quantum computing-ready
OT-native (microcontrollers, sensors, etc.)
FIPS140-3 foundation
COMPLEXITY & COST
Cost efficiency
Reduced complexity
No certificate-based auth
No certificate issuance, renewal, tracking
No PKI lifecycle management
100
X
Faster than legacy PKI
10
K
CPU cycles to establish shared secret regardless of network ecosystem’s size – from hundreds to millions of users
0.
77
ms
authentication time on a ESP32-S3

Quantum threats will be just like AI. They will suddenly show up and blindside a lot of businesses.
Get ahead of it. Be proactive. Start now.

William Arbaugh, President of CypherGenics

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