Company record · security vendor
Patero
What the company sells
Patero provides cryptographic discovery and inventory tools along with post-quantum encryption solutions that protect data, networks and critical infrastructure, including industrial and OT environments, against current and future quantum-enabled attacks. The company is privately held and based in the Quantum Startup Foundry at the University of Maryland, College Park.[1]
- Categories
- Headquarters
- College Park, USA[2]
- Founded
- Not established from our sources
- Ownership
- Privately held[2]
- CISO on record
- Not yet on our record. Send a verified source
- Website
- patero.io
Products and services
Product names as the company writes them; what each does, in our words, from the company's own product pages. Never how well it does it.
PanoQoR[2]
A cryptography discovery, inventory, quantum risk assessment, and compliance reporting solution for organizations transitioning to post-quantum cryptography.
Cryptographic Inventory[1]
A tool that maps an organization's cryptographic assets to reveal exposure and attack vectors across its digital infrastructure.
Post Quantum Cryptography solution[1]
A defense solution that hybridizes classic encryption with NIST-standardized quantum-resistant algorithms, fitting into existing infrastructure without application re-engineering.
Competitors and alternatives
The other companies on our record filed under the same categories, category by category: first those that lead with that category and share more of Patero's categories, then alphabetical. A list from the record, never a ranking.
On post-quantum cryptography, Patero competes with CryptoNext Security, EigenQ, IDEMIA, PQShield, QuSecure, SandboxAQ, CyberTrust Consulting, Dispersive Stealth Networking, Fortanix, General Dynamics Information Technology and 2 more.
References
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- [1]patero.ioPatero · patero.io · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
- [2]Patero and Orilla Secure the Industrial Edge with Quantum Safe AI InfrastructureBusiness Wire · businesswire.com · published May 13, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
Last verified October 28, 2026. Our code found the quoted passage behind each fact on its source page when the fact was recorded, and re-checks every record against its sources each month.
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Security leadership
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