Thales debuts Luna 8 to help organizations mitigate emerging quantum security threats before they arise
French aerospace, defense and cybersecurity technology giant Thales SE has announced the availability of Luna 8, a new, first-of-its-kind hardware security module that can help enterprises protect their most sensitive data and cryptographic keys from hackers armed with powerful quantum computers.
Luna 8 is available as a network appliance, and will help organizations to modernize their security architecture at a time when they’re facing pressure to deal with the emergence of quantum computing threats.
The launch comes just weeks after the U.S. and French governments issued new directives that set concrete deadlines for organizations to implement post-quantum cryptography to protect their businesses. In the U.S., the White House recently mandated that government agencies must adopt post-quantum cryptography or PQC in their most sensitive systems by the end of the decade, while in France, officials have said they’ll stop certifying security products that aren’t quantum-secure by the end of this year. In both cases, the regulations are an attempt to force enterprises to protect themselves from quantum computers before those systems become powerful enough to crack traditional encryption standards.
