Melbourne, Australia, 19 October 2026
ExeQuantum Pty Ltd, the developer of the EQCore™ Cryptographic Control Plane, has entered into a strategic partnership with Risk Associates Pty Ltd, a cybersecurity governance, risk, and compliance firm with more than two decades of operational history.
Under the partnership, Risk Associates will deploy the EQCore™ platform to its clients across Australia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and the broader Asia-Pacific region. The platform includes CipherScout™ for automated cryptographic discovery, CipherWatch™ for continuous monitoring and compliance reporting, and CipherForge™ for post-quantum cryptography implementation.
Risk Associates holds PCI SSC Approved QSA and ASV accreditations, CREST membership for penetration testing, and delivers ISO 27001, IRAP, ACSC Essential 8, SWIFT CSP, and SOC assessments. The firm serves banking, fintech, healthcare, IT/ITES, and government clients across six countries, bringing deep regulatory expertise in each jurisdiction.
The partnership responds to accelerating demand from regulated industries to understand their cryptographic exposure and prepare for the transition to quantum-safe standards. Regulatory frameworks including NIST CNSA 2.0, PCI DSS v4.0.1, SAMA CSF, and DORA/NIS2 now require organisations to inventory cryptographic assets and plan migration pathways.
Samuel Tseitkin, CEO and Co-Founder of ExeQuantum, said: "Risk Associates brings more than two decades of hands-on governance, risk, and compliance experience across some of the most heavily regulated industries in APAC and the Middle East. This partnership puts our cryptographic discovery, monitoring, and remediation technology directly into the hands of a team that already holds the trust of the organisations that need it most. That is the fastest path to real quantum readiness at scale."
Dr. Aftab Rizvi, CEO of Risk Associates, said: "Our clients in banking, fintech, healthcare, and government are increasingly being asked by regulators and boards to demonstrate visibility over their cryptographic posture. The EQCore platform gives us a structured, repeatable way to deliver that visibility, from initial discovery through to ongoing compliance monitoring. It fills a gap that no existing tool in our stack addressed."
EQCore™ automates cryptographic discovery across ten surfaces, including TLS/certificates, APIs, cloud and HSM key management systems, source code repositories, and databases. The platform generates a Cryptographic Bill of Materials (CBOM) in CycloneDX format, enabling organisations to map their cryptographic posture against applicable compliance frameworks and build prioritised remediation roadmaps.
About ExeQuantum
ExeQuantum is a Melbourne-based quantum technology company and developer of the EQCore™ Cryptographic Control Plane. The platform enables organisations to discover, assess, monitor, and remediate cryptographic risk in preparation for the post-quantum era. ExeQuantum holds ISO 27001:2022 certification and relevant Australian defence export permits for its formally verified cryptographic library. For more information, visit exequantum.com.
About Risk Associates
Risk Associates is a cybersecurity governance, risk, and compliance firm with more than 20 years of operational history. The firm holds PCI SSC Approved QSA and ASV accreditations and CREST membership, delivering security assessments across banking, fintech, healthcare, IT/ITES, and government sectors in Australia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and the broader Asia-Pacific region. For more information, visit riskassociates.com.au.
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