Crypto4A and Adfinis combine QxVault™ and Secretz Enterprise to empower organizations to achieve quantum-safe and sovereign secrets management in a sustainable manner.
OTTAWA, CANADA & BERN, SWITZERLAND – Adfinis, the leading open source IT service provider behind Secretz Enterprise, and Crypto4A, a pioneer in quantum-safe cryptographic infrastructure, announce a partnership to empower organizations with sovereign end-to-end security across regulated infrastructure environments. By combining Adfinis’s Secretz Enterprise – an enterprise solution based on OpenBao – with Crypto4A’s advanced Hardware Security Module (HSM) architecture and their QxVault™ platform, organizations can achieve robust, quantum-safe secrets management. This joint solution is designed to withstand attacks by quantum computers while retaining full data sovereignty that eliminates vendor lock-in and growth-based licensing penalties.
Worldwide, organizations face increasing pressure to secure sensitive data against evolving cyber threats and regulatory demands. Adfinis and Crypto4A’s partnership facilitates organizations in adopting security architecture appropriate for their operational needs, while ensuring high agility and seamless integration. Two highly complementary approaches are united under the new partnership:
Both solutions apply a transparent, simple, and predictable pricing model. Consequently, organizations profit from significant cost savings while mitigating the “Success Tax”, where charging per “key” or “identity” forces teams into “Architecture by License” workarounds, resulting in infrastructure designed to fit a contract rather than their actual security requirements.
“Our partnership is a perfect match. QxVault™ and Secretz Enterprise provide a holistic approach to secrets management, but it is our shared values of openness, simplicity, and reliability that truly define us – and which we both apply to our solutions, our collaboration, and our active engagement within the OpenBao community.”
– Michael Hofer, Adfinis Chief Technology Officer and OpenBao TSC Chair
“This partnership represents a natural alignment between two organizations committed to advancing secure and future-ready infrastructure. By combining Crypto4A’s quantum-safe, hardware-backed security with Adfinis’s deep expertise in enterprise IT and leading role as an OpenBao co-maintainer, we are enabling customers to adopt secrets management solutions that are both highly secure and operationally flexible.”
– John O'Connor, Chief Product Officer at Crypto4A
“Partnering with Crypto4A allows us to extend our portfolio with cutting-edge cryptographic innovation. With Secretz Enterprise and QxVault™ together, we can support organizations across a wide range of use cases, from cloud native deployments to highly regulated environments, while maintaining our commitment to openness, security, and customer choice.”
– Christian Gafner, Partner Manager at Adfinis
The partnership strengthens both companies’ ability to serve customers across Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and beyond, particularly within highly regulated and security-sensitive sectors such as government, defense, financial services, utilities, healthcare, pharma, telecommunications, and technology. By leveraging each other’s regional presence, technical expertise, and partner ecosystems, Crypto4A and Adfinis are well-positioned to accelerate the adoption of secure secrets management solutions globally.
For further information:
Crypto4A Technologies Inc.
Meaghan Green, VP of Marketing
[email protected]
www.crypto4A.com
About Crypto4A
Crypto4A is a Canadian cybersecurity company pioneering quantum-safe hardware security modules (HSMs) and infrastructure solutions designed to safeguard the digital world today and tomorrow. Trusted by enterprises, governments, and infrastructure providers across the globe, we specialize in crypto-agility, scalability, portability, and post-quantum cryptography.
About QxVault™
QxVault™ is Crypto4A’s fully integrated secrets management platform, designed to simplify the secure management of secrets, credentials, API keys, and cryptographic assets. Built on the widely adopted OpenBao code base and powered by Crypto4A’s quantum-safe QxHSM™ hardware and QxOS™ software, QxVault combines enterprise-grade secrets management with built-in hardware security in a single solution. Designed for deployment on-premises or in private cloud environments, QxVault eliminates the need for specialized HSM expertise through automated HSM clustering and synchronization while maintaining compatibility with a broad ecosystem of applications and integrations. By reducing cost and operational complexity while delivering sovereign, quantum-safe protection, QxVault helps organizations secure critical secrets today and prepare for the security challenges of tomorrow.
Adfinis AG
Communications Department
[email protected]
www.adfinis.com
About Adfinis
Adfinis is a leading service provider of open source IT solutions, with established locations in Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, and Egypt. For over 25 years, Adfinis has delivered robust and reliable solutions built on trustworthy open source technology.
In collaboration with industry leaders such as GitLab, Red Hat, and SUSE, Adfinis offers clients a tailored approach covering the entire IT lifecycle. From strategy to execution, Adfinis provides consulting and planning, engineering expertise, and 24/7 managed services to ensure seamless, reliable operations. Serving a worldwide clientele, Adfinis embodies a legacy of innovation and a profound dedication to enhancing the open source ecosystem.
About Secretz Enterprise
Secretz Enterprise is the open, simple, and reliable solution for securing application secrets and machine identities. Backed by Adfinis, the subscription provides 24/7 enterprise support and software assurance for OpenBao with an unrestricted, predictable, flat-fee pricing model. Adfinis serves as co-maintainers and Chair of the Technical Steering Committee (TSC) for OpenBao, bringing a decade of hands-on secrets management expertise to the ecosystem.