Encryption has always been critical, but its becoming a bigger more important “Thing” for the boardroom - why and who is benefiting?.
In case you haven’t heard already, quantum computers mean that a lot of existing encryption will need to be swapped out for something stronger.
The C-suite in your business is now personally liable for big cybersecurity boo-boos that impact your customers, and the fines are harsh.
It is also starting to become an annoying incoming blip on boardroom radar.
So, with all the heightened anxiety and nervous twitching emanating from the boardroom-who’s benefiting from easing the angst?
One firm that’s benefitting (and landing big clients in financial services, insurance, and MSSP sectors at a fast pace) is Venari.
Venari Security provides a cryptographic management platform for critical infrastructures, the sort of platform that assures the CEO doesn’t break all of the complex data protection and data compliance issues they can fall foul of .
Customers include insurance house names, top banks, telco’s and big SI partners.
Let’s Find Out Why?
Imagine this:
You’re trying to spot a criminal inside a carnival where everyone’s on drugs, wielding chainsaws, talking gibberish, and riding around in stolen silver trucks.
That’s the daily experience of today’s security teams-trying to detect cyber threats hidden inside encrypted traffic.
Yes, it’s secure-but it also gives attackers the perfect hiding spot.
Welcome to the digital conundrum: the very tech designed to protect us-encryption-is now the ultimate cloak for cybercriminals.
Instead of decrypting data and causing a privacy headache, the boffins at Venari have built a platform that sees straight through the disguise-all without touching the mask.
Let’s break it down:
1. Seeing the Invisible: Real-Time Encrypted Traffic Analysis
Venari’s Encrypted Traffic Analysis (ETA) doesn’t need to peek inside your data packets. Like a sniffer dog detecting explosives without opening your luggage, it uses:
- TLS fingerprinting (like digital DNA) to flag dodgy software
- JA3/JA3S hashes to identify known malware behaviour
- Certificate chain checking to verify legitimacy
- Entropy and session flow analysis to catch beaconing or suspicious lateral movement
What this means: Your SOC team gets high-fidelity threat alerts without breaching user privacy or falling foul of GDPR.
It’s Sherlock Holmes with X-ray specs—and no lawsuits.
2. Crypto Hygiene: A Business Necessity
Think of your cryptographic setup as your company’s digital plumbing. If you’ve got rusty pipes (read: old cipher suites), things will leak—and you’ll end up in a gunky red mess.
Venari’s software continuously checks your TLS/SSL configuration to:
- Flag outdated or deprecated ciphers (looking at you, RC4 and 3DES)
- Highlight non-compliant certs
- Catch NULL encryption (yes, it still happens)
- Map it all to policies like NIST 800-52, PCI-DSS, and GDPR
Why it matters: No more scrambling before an audit or PR disaster. You know your cryptographic posture in real time.
It’s like flossing—only for your data.
This matters because if you’re the one driving the business, ticking the compliance audit box doesn’t stop you getting hauled over the coals in the event of a serious breach.
What Venari has done is move from compliance to assurance—and with the rising tide of threats, quantum worries, and ever-evolving compliance laws, assurance is what you need to run a tight ship.
3. Where Threat Intelligence Gets Teeth
Venari provides a smart box of tricks to combat cyber threats:
- Fools malware into talking by mimicking Command & Control infrastructure
- Sandboxes malware live during encrypted sessions
- Detects infections without invasive endpoint agents
- Triggers takedowns via domain delegation APIs
♟️ For the cyber nerds:
It’s like playing chess with your attacker-except you already know their moves. Value to you: Incident response teams finally get verified compromise data-not “maybe” alerts. That’s fewer sleepless nights-and no more running around with your hair on fire.
4. External Crypto Discovery: Internet-Scale TLS Hygiene
Ever had to map your third-party cryptographic risk?
It’s like trying to count soggy cornflakes in a Jacuzzi full of soggy cornflakes.
Venari scans across your entire digital estate, including:
- Internet-facing domains
- Supply chain vendors
- Partner networks
It ranks crypto posture and flags anything that might trigger a compliance migraine.
🎯 This is key because a lot of your cyber risk sits in the careless laps of third-party partners. Mapping this helps you pinpoint where the real threats lie.
🧭 Why this is a game-changer: With DORA, NIS2, and CMMC 2.0 looming, your supply chain needs to be as secure as your internal systems.
And with Venari joining forces with QryptoCyber, you can now define that risk not just in technical terms, but in pounds, dollars, yen—and probability.
It’s cryptographic observability for grown-ups—calming jittery CEOs and giving SOC managers the clarity they need to cut down screen clutter and get back to doing actual security.
Of course, this includes post-quantum risk too. Potayto, potahto.
5. Quantum-Ready Before It’s Cool
We’re teetering on the edge of a new era where quantum computers might shred today’s encryption like Aldi own-brand toilet paper.
Venari’s solution is post-quantum aware—not just on paper, but architecturally.
It helps you:
- Identify algorithms that won’t survive quantum attacks (RSA, ECC)
- Validate PQ-ready alternatives
- Simulate transitions to quantum-resilient encryption
- Score crypto agility across your infrastructure
🚀 Translation: Your encryption is future-proofed. Because the quantum storm is coming—and you don’t want to be caught with your digital trousers down.
6. Human-Centric Dashboards Built for Real Decisions
Most security dashboards in this look like a cockpit from a Soviet-era submarine.
Not Venari’s. With their QryptoCyber integration, they offer:
- Clean, intuitive visuals
- Automated reporting
- Evidence-based metrics for CISOs, auditors, and board members
- Actionable risk data that actually makes sense
📊 Why it matters: Whether you’re writing code or running the show, everyone sees the same truth-clearly presented and ready for decisions.
Not Just Seeing Encrypted Traffic—Understanding It
In a world where every packet is encrypted, every device is risky, and every regulation is a moving target, it’s no surprise Venari is getting serious traction with budget-holders who want to sleep soundly despite the looming Q-day.
Whilst the joint Venari and Qryotocyber products are clearly shaping up to be a cut above there are other vendors in this space.
There is a list of Post Quantum Providers here, but all have working solutions but will find it hard to compete up with the quality of the heads up display and the intricacy and thoroughness that the completed integration between Venari and Qryptocyber brings to the table.
This isn’t another log generator or box ticker.
It doesn’t require a stack of new agent deployments.
And the heads up display is way ahead of the Red / Orange / Green alert lines from 90’s style UI designs that plague some of its competiton.
It’s a cryptographic compass in a foggy sea of snake oil, hype, and high-stakes cryptographic risk.
It gives CISOs the confidence to talk post-quantum risk with authority, while also ticking the boxes (and more) for DORA, PCI, HIPAA, and the ever-growing parade of compliance frameworks.
They also have some big partnerships, with most of the big five using the products in customer deployments, partnerships with high end specialist consultancies and a bundle of MSSP partners offering Venari as a managed service.
COLT is one MSSP partner, COLT’s network underpins much of the city of London financial infrastructure, and they are rigorous with reason when choosing vendors - that’s quite the customer and partner to be proud of.
So if your enterprise is:
- Wrestling with TLS risk
- Preparing for quantum doomsday
- Facing compliance heat around PCI, Dora or other
- Wants to make sure your cryptography isn’t coded in the Kim Jong Un University.
- Or just tired of the audit-season headless chicken dance…
Then Venari might just be the smartest partner you haven’t called yet.
You can reach out to Venari Security on linked in, or contact Tom Millar or Mark Slater for partnerships, or contact your local MSSP and ask them if they provide Venari as a service.
