ITCEN PNS said on Sunday it has formed an alliance with U.S. post-quantum cryptography (PQC) specialist American Binary and digital twin solution provider RCK to expand PQC business in Korea and overseas.

Through the partnership, the three companies plan to combine ITCEN PNS' KPQC algorithm technology and security consulting capabilities, American Binary's PQC-dedicated VPN solution, and RCK's commercialisation capabilities and customer network as the official local partner. They aim to jointly target the quantum-safe network security market for high-trust industries including the public sector, finance, defence and telecommunications.

ITCEN PNS will play a role in responding to security regulations, certification and technical verification requirements in Korea and overseas based on its KPQC algorithm technology.

American Binary will provide the PQC-dedicated VPN solution. RCK, as American Binary's official partner, will handle domestic supply of the solution and the expansion of business alliance models.

The three companies will jointly conduct proposals, proof-of-concept work and deployment consulting for PQC-based network security solutions for major domestic industry customers. They also plan to expand cooperation into global public and corporate markets and jointly spread quantum-safe network security and a model responding to zero trust 2.0.

Won-kyu Park (박원규), CEO of ITCEN PNS, said, "Frontier AI and quantum computing are demanding fundamental changes to existing cryptographic systems and network security structures." He said, "We will combine ITCEN PNS' KPQC algorithm technology, American Binary's security solution and RCK's domestic commercialisation capabilities to support customers in Korea and overseas so they can proactively transition to a PQC-based zero trust 2.0 environment."