NTT DATA and Fortanix have partnered to help enterprises strengthen data protection in an increasingly complex threat environment shaped by AI and quantum computing. The collaboration blends NTT DATA’s cybersecurity and compliance expertise with Fortanix’s Data Security Manager platform to deliver a Cryptography-as-a-Service offering designed for today’s hybrid and multicloud infrastructures.
Building Crypto-Agility into Enterprise Security
Enterprises are under pressure to not only protect sensitive data from AI-driven threats but also prepare for a quantum future that could render existing encryption obsolete.
Sheetal Mehta, SVP and Global Head of Cybersecurity at NTT DATA, told ChannelE2E, “The global partnership between NTT DATA and Fortanix will combine deep cybersecurity expertise with best-of-breed technology within a fully managed service to proactively prepare enterprises for the quantum era and the emerging risks it will bring,” said
He added that organizations can no longer rely on legacy cryptography methods. "Enterprises need to rethink their cryptography algorithms to not only protect their sensitive data from today’s AI-powered threat landscape but also ensure that they are preparing for a quantum future. They have no other alternative but to replace their existing vulnerable encryption with more robust quantum-safe alternatives.”
Through the new Cryptography-as-a-Service offering, organizations gain the ability to quickly discover and replace weak encryption, build migration roadmaps, and transition to quantum-resistant algorithms within a single unified platform. Mehta noted that the integration of Fortanix’s platform with NTT DATA’s cybersecurity delivery model brings end-to-end lifecycle encryption management - from centralized key control and policy automation to simplified auditing and compliance.
Protecting AI and Multicloud Environments
The partnership also focuses on securing AI and multicloud workloads, where sensitive data is frequently processed and shared across distributed systems.
Anand Kashyap, CEO and Founder of Fortanix, explained that the company’s Confidential Computing approach provides hardware-level protection by keeping data encrypted even while in use.
"Fortanix Confidential Computing delivers hardware-grade protection for AI and data pipelines by ensuring that sensitive information remains secure, even while in use. Using Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs), Fortanix isolates workloads within secure enclaves, which are hardware-protected areas of memory that prevent unauthorized access from cloud operators, administrators, or malicious software.”
According to Kashyap, this model eliminates a longstanding weakness in traditional security frameworks that only protect data at rest or in transit. Confidential Computing safeguards data, models, and algorithms throughout the AI lifecycle—from ingestion to inference—helping organizations meet compliance mandates and maintain control of their intellectual property.
"By combining Fortanix’s Confidential Computing capabilities with NTT DATA’s cybersecurity expertise, deep knowledge of evolving standards, strong capabilities across AI technologies, and a global delivery model, enterprises can future-proof their data strategies and migrate to quantum-resistant cryptography with confidence,” he said.
Cryptography Management as a Core Service
As organizations modernize their security strategies, Mehta believes that cryptography management will soon become an essential component of managed security offerings.
“It has to be. As AI and quantum computing reshape the threat landscape, cryptography management is rapidly becoming a priority and cornerstone of managed security services,” said Mehta. “This partnership reflects that shift: by embedding cryptographic key management, tokenization and post-quantum readiness into a managed, scalable service, NTT DATA and Fortanix are setting a new standard for enterprise security.”
He added that cryptography management must evolve alongside emerging regulations and AI technologies. “Going forward, Cryptography-as-a-Service will become a core component of an integrated cybersecurity approach, ensuring that encryption is continuously managed, compliant, and future-proofed, especially as regulations tighten, AI technologies evolve, and we advance towards a quantum future.”
The NTT DATA–Fortanix collaboration highlights a pivotal shift in enterprise cybersecurity, from reactive defense to proactive, crypto-agile resilience. By combining managed services with Confidential Computing and quantum-ready encryption, the two companies aim to give enterprises a clear path to secure innovation across AI, multicloud, and hybrid environments.
