Bringing Post-Quantum Cryptography Readiness to BigFix’s Global Customer Base
Strategic partnership integrates Tychon’s cryptographic discovery and inventory technology into HCL BigFix platform, delivering automated cryptographic inventory and quantum risk assessment to enterprises and federal agencies worldwide
FAIRFAX, VA
Tychon, a cybersecurity innovator specializing in cryptographic visibility and post-quantum readiness solutions, announced a strategic partnership with HCLSoftware to integrate Tychon’s Automated Cryptography Discovery and Inventory (ACDI) technology into the HCL BigFix platform this month. The collaboration delivers enterprise-grade quantum readiness capabilities to BigFix’s extensive customer base across commercial and public sector organizations.
The partnership addresses a critical and urgent challenge facing organizations today: identifying and managing cryptographic assets before quantum computers render current encryption methods obsolete. Through the newly launched HCL BigFix Quantum Risk Analyzer, powered by Tychon’s ACDI solution, organizations can now automatically discover, inventory, and assess cryptographic risk across their entire enterprise endpoint infrastructure.
Solving the Quantum Readiness Challenge at Scale
“Organizations worldwide are facing an unprecedented cryptographic challenge, and they need solutions that deliver real answers” said Eric P. Whittleton, President of Tychon. “Our partnership with HCLSoftware brings proven, mission-critical cryptographic discovery technology to private and public sector agencies through a platform they already trust. This is about giving security leaders the visibility and confidence they need to protect their organizations against quantum threats while meeting today’s compliance requirements. Together with HCL BigFix, we’re making quantum readiness achievable at enterprise scale.”
The timing is critical. With NIST’s post-quantum cryptographic standards now published and federal mandates like OMB M-23-02, Executive Order 14028, and NSM-10 requiring comprehensive cryptographic inventories, organizations face mounting pressure to understand their cryptographic exposure. The “harvest now, decrypt later” threat means adversaries are already collecting encrypted data to break once Cryptographically Relevant Quantum Computers (CRQC) becomes available.
Purpose-Built Technology Meets Enterprise Scale
Tychon’s ACDI technology brings military-grade cryptographic discovery capabilities to commercial deployment through BigFix’s trusted infrastructure. The solution provides:
- Comprehensive Discovery: Automated identification of cryptographic libraries, certificates, protocols, and algorithms across all endpoints
- Risk-Based Prioritization: Intelligent mapping of cryptographic assets to business criticality and compliance requirements
- Regulatory Alignment: Built-in support for NIST PQC standards, CISA guidance, and federal quantum-readiness mandates
- Actionable Intelligence: Clear remediation pathways aligned with each organization’s risk tolerance and operational constraints
“Our founders came from the U.S. Department of War, where we saw firsthand the complexity of managing cryptography at scale in mission-critical environments,” said Aaron Faulkner, Co-Founder of Tychon. “We built Tychon to bring that same level of cryptographic situational awareness to any organization, regardless of size or sector. This partnership with HCLSoftware accomplishes exactly that.”
Addressing Critical Market Needs Across Sectors
The HCL BigFix Quantum Risk Analyzer serves multiple market segments facing quantum-related mandates and business imperatives:
- Federal Agencies can accelerate compliance with cryptographic inventory requirements while advancing zero-trust (ZT) architecture implementation
- State and Local Governments gain access to enterprise-grade quantum readiness tools with funding available through cyber resilience programs
- Commercial Enterprises can proactively build crypto-agility and protect long-term data security before quantum threats materialize
- Critical Infrastructure Providers can identify and prioritize remediation of quantum-vulnerable systems protecting essential services
Validation Through Partnership
“Partnerships like this validate our mission and our technology,” Faulkner added. “HCLSoftware selected Tychon because our ACDI solution delivers authoritative, endpoint-sourced cryptographic intelligence that organizations can act on with confidence. We’re honored to work with a global leader like HCL to expand access to quantum readiness capabilities.”
The partnership also reflects growing market recognition that post-quantum readiness requires specialized technology purpose-built for cryptographic discovery. Generic asset management tools lack the depth, precision, and data fidelity needed to identify cryptographic implementations, assess quantum vulnerability, and support compliance with emerging PQC standards.
About Tychon
Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, Tychon, LLC is a cybersecurity company that provides organizations with deep visibility into software, configurations, and cryptography. Their powerful product suite, including TYCHON Enterprise and TYCHON Quantum Readiness, collects authoritative data directly from endpoints, enabling security and IT teams to identify risk, validate compliance, and prioritize action with confidence. Founded by cybersecurity experts from the U.S. Department of War, Tychon was built to solve the real-world challenges of operating and securing large, complex, and mission-critical environments. Today, Tychon supports federal and commercial organizations as they prepare for evolving mandates, such as cryptography inventory and post-quantum readiness, while strengthening day-to-day security operations. Learn more at www.tychon.io.
About HCLSoftware
HCLSoftware is a global leader in software innovation and the software division of HCLTech. We develop, market, sell, and support transformative solutions across various industries, including business and industry, intelligent operations, total experience, data and analytics, and cybersecurity. Our commitment to customer success and our core values of integrity, inclusion, value creation, people-centricity, and social responsibility drive us to deliver best-in-class software products that empower organizations to achieve their goals. With a rich heritage of pioneering spirit, HCLSoftware serves more than 20,000 organizations, including a majority of the Fortune 100 and almost half of the Fortune 500. Learn more at www.hclsoftware.com.
