NQM startup QNu Labs launches QShield cryptography management platform
QNu Labs, a startup selected by DST under the National Quantum Mission, launched QShield, a platform for cryptography management across cloud, on-premises and hybrid environments, on World Quantum Day, 14 April 2025.
Summary
QNu Labs, one of the startups selected by the Department of Science and Technology under the National Quantum Mission, launched QShield on World Quantum Day, 14 April 2025. DST described it as the world's first such platform for seamless cryptography management across cloud, on-premises or hybrid environments. QShield is built on QNu's Quantum Key Distribution (Armos), Quantum Random Number Generator (Tropos), Quantum Hardware Security Module and NIST-compliant Post-Quantum Cryptography. Its services include Qosmos, QConnect, QVerse, QSFS and QVault. QNu Labs was incubated at IIT Madras Research Park in 2016.
Key facts
- Platform
- QShield
- Company
- QNu Labs, incubated at IIT Madras Research Park (2016)
- Built on
- Armos (QKD), Tropos (QRNG), QHSM, NIST-compliant PQC
- Launch
- World Quantum Day, 14 April 2025
Practice MCQs 1 questions
What is the name of the cryptography management platform launched by NQM startup QNu Labs on World Quantum Day 2025?
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Correct answer: C — QShield
QShield is the platform; Armos (QKD) and Tropos (QRNG) are QNu technologies it is built on, and QVault is one of its services.