Patero and Horizen Labs Collaborate to Help Organizations Prepare for Post-Quantum Security

The collaboration pairs Horizen Labs’ quantum risk advisory with Patero’s cryptographic discovery and network protection tools.

COLLEGE PARK, MD, UNITED STATES, November 11, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Patero Inc. and Horizen Labs today announced a collaboration to help organizations identify where they rely on cryptography, decide what to migrate first, and test post-quantum protection for critical network connections.

Most organizations have years of cryptographic decisions embedded in applications, infrastructure, and third-party services. Finding those dependencies is the first step. Deciding which changes to fund, how to sequence them, and how to validate them in a live environment is where migration gets hard.

Horizen Labs will lead advisory engagements that translate technical findings into a prioritized migration roadmap. Where selected, Patero’s PanoQoR™ will help clients build a cryptographic inventory and document gaps in visibility. When an assessment identifies a suitable use case, Patero’s CryptoQoR™ can be evaluated in a scoped pilot to protect a specific connection, such as a remote administrative path or a sensitive link between sites.

“Every quantum-readiness program has to answer a practical question. What can we change first without disrupting the business?” said Peter Bentley, CEO of Patero. “Horizen Labs helps leaders make that decision. Patero gives technical teams the evidence to act on it and the tools to test protection on a real network path before committing to a broader rollout.”

“A migration roadmap earns its keep when it tells a client what to fund first and what evidence they’ll need to approve a rollout,” said Rob Viglione, CEO of Horizen Labs. “We help clients weigh which systems matter most, how long their data needs to stay confidential, and what each change could disrupt. Working with Patero gives us a way to turn a priority from that assessment into a test on the client’s network.”

The collaboration can build on a client’s existing cryptographic inventory or establish a baseline where one is needed. A pilot can then give the client a concrete basis for a production decision, with defined endpoints, performance and interoperability criteria, and a tested rollback plan.

Horizen Labs selected Patero as a key partner in its PQC Vendor Ecosystem Map, which shares solution providers for different areas of a cryptographic estate and for each phase of a PQC migration journey.

About Patero
Patero is a Pioneer in quantum secure communications. Patero’s cryptographic discovery and inventory solution quantifies risk and prioritizes mitigation of vulnerabilities against present and future cryptographic attacks. Patero’s crypto-agile post-quantum security solutions hybridize classic encryption with NIST-standardized quantum-resistant encryption algorithms to mitigate cryptographic vulnerabilities and protect data-in-motion from steal-now, decrypt-later, and future direct decryption attacks. Patero is privately held and based in the Quantum Startup Foundry at the University of Maryland, College Park. For more information, visit patero.io.patero.io

About Horizen Labs
Horizen Labs applies cryptographic research and production engineering to privacy, verification, and quantum security. Its quantum security advisory services help organizations assess exposure, prioritize risk, and plan post-quantum migration. horizenlabs.io

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