Crypto Quantique, ZARIOT, and Kigen Unveil Quantum-Safe Hardware Root-of-Trust for Cellular IoT

Crypto Quantique, a leading provider of quantum-driven security for IoT, and ZARIOT, an award-winning cellular IoT connectivity provider, have partnered with leading eSIM vendor, Kigen.

This global partnership implements IoT-SAFE to leverage the Hardware Root-of-Trust of any SIM with native access to quantum-safe technology for the first time. 

This radically changes the way enterprises can use SIM, eSIMs, or iSIMs as a viable and available solution that works in tandem with Crypto Quantique’s market-leading solution to secure connections for authentication, encryption, and service acceleration fully.

This is arguably more urgent and important than ever before as enterprises start acting to adopt resilient IoT security features through directives such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act. The timing of this partnership proves vital for the Cellular IoT industry’s "hyper-growth," with some estimates putting the number of devices as exceeding 6 billion by 2028.

Each member of this partnership is crucial to solving this security problem. Each SIM produced by Kigen is fully certified in both manufacture – GSMA Security Accreditation Scheme for UICC Production (SAS-UP), and management – GSMA Security Accreditation Scheme for Subscription Management (SAS-SM).

Crypto Quantique provides the embedded code baseline that can be deployed on a host microcontroller that utilizes the IoT-SAFE applet provisioned on the SIM, giving cellular IoT native access to their security technology for the first time.

This enables a fully secure connection between the device, Crypto Quantique’s QuarkLink IoT security management platform, and the cloud service provider or data center. By leveraging the Kigen IoT-SAFE applet, based on the GSMA standard, the SIM in any form factor will be used as a hardware root-of-trust.

ZARIOT is a cellular IoT connectivity provider that allows customers to utilize telecom network tools, such as IoT-SAFE, to innovate, build and secure new products. ZARIOT brings solution flexibility, security, and comprehensive support to the end-user by integrating in-house and innovative partner features in the SIM, transforming it into a secure, intelligent, and independent processor.

Dr. Shahram Mossayebi, co-founder and CEO of Crypto Quantique says: “We are thrilled to join forces with ZARIOT and Kigen in this exciting new partnership. By using ZARIOT’s flexible connectivity tools, leveraging Kigen’s IoT-SAFE in a novel way on their certified eSIM technology, we can provide cellular IoT devices with a hardware root-of-trust, hugely raising the standard of IoT security that will protect device networks.”

The three partners revealed the solution at a joint webinar, online on the 19th of June. The webinar recap is available to interested security and IoT professionals on our website.