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We’re here to solve your encryption problems.

QryptoCyber delivers the only integrated, affordable Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) audit tool, empowering organizations to prepare for quantum risks with confidence and efficiency.  We simplify cryptographic discovery and inventory, helping businesses identify vulnerabilities, map their cryptographic footprint, and transition to quantum-safe standards.

Meet The Team

QryptoCyber leverages AI, automation, and orchestration to revolutionize cryptographic discovery and inventory, enabling organizations to secure their cryptographic assets and prepare for the quantum era. Our approach—rooted in The Five Pillars of Cryptographic Discovery & Inventory—provides full visibility across external networks, internal systems, IT assets, databases, and code.
As quantum threats loom, QryptoCyber empowers enterprises with the insights and automated tools needed to assess risk, enforce security policies, and transition seamlessly to post-quantum cryptography.

Peter Clau
CEO, Founder

Peter Clay

Leader, advisor, mentor, strategist and experienced executive in the field of information security with a proven record of building security programs or consultancies and executing either on a global scale.

Leader, advisor, mentor, strategist and experienced executive in the field of information security with a proven record of building security programs or consultancies and executing either on a global scale. Passionate about the role of security as both a protective and enabling function within the enterprise and skilled at delivering market beating results and capabilities. I have significant experience building security and compliance programs within organizations and staffing them with world class expertise to deliver effective, efficient security programs for national and global companies and organizations.

Jeffrey Duran
COO, Founder

Jeffrey Duran

Jeffrey Duran has over 30 years of leadership in building businesses and entrepreneurship, including 14 years in cybersecurity.

Jeffrey Duran has over 30 years of leadership in building businesses and entrepreneurship, including 14 years in cybersecurity.

TOM RUDOLPH
CTO

Tom Rudolph

My mission is to understand the needs of our users, develop plans to address those needs, and ensure we are communicating plans and direction effectively.

My mission is to understand the needs of our users, develop plans to address those needs, and ensure we are communicating plans and direction effectively.

Yngvar Tronstad
CHIEF DATA SCIENTIST

Yngvar Tronstad

Broad experience across multiple market segments including Financial Services, Healthcare, Telco, Federal and Cybersecurity.

Broad experience across multiple market segments including Financial Services, Healthcare, Telco, Federal and Cybersecurity.

Jason Bird
SVP

Jason Bird

Jason has worked within the Cyber Security industry for over 30 years, within that time designing security environments and risk programmes for many organisations ranging from the world’s largest banks to governments.

Jason has over 30 years of cybersecurity experience, designing security environments and risk programs for global banks and governments.

John Gasquet
Chief quantum entanglement officer

John Gasquet

Our Story

QryptoCyber was conceived in an Irish pub in northern Virginia by a group of cybersecurity professionals trying to understand why it was so difficult for quantum cybersecurity firms to succeed.

We wanted to understand why they were struggling with such a huge threat looming over the horizon.

It had seemed obvious that something needed to be done, but few organizations were moving on it.

The First Step Was Too Hard: Discovery

What we figured out is that no one knew what encryption they were running. The daunting task of figuring out that first step left people depressed. It is a pain in the ass to do manually. 

Our founders had already been working on a tool that was similar enough to start with. From there we’ve grown the toolset to what it is today.

The Real Treasure Was the Friends We Made Along the Way

In building out QryptoCyber, we found those quantum companies that we could complement to build out an integrated stack that solved the whole problem.

Together we do more than we thought possible when we started out in the pub.

John Kindervag Was Right and We Were Wrong.

Early on we wrestled with zero trust.

We were convinced that quantum attacks broke zero trust and that they would disrupt zero trust programs. Completely unflustered, he said through a vendor: “Zero trust is a strategy. Quantum won’t break it. Zero trust will provide the framework to protect against Quantum attacks if they happen.” Well. Crap.

Now we have the framework and we’re ready to make your quantum journey a lot easier. It took longer than we’d like to admit, but we came to understand we needed to build that framework. 

 *John Kindervag does not endorse us or probably even remember us. However, we mention it here because it represents a significant change in how we rebuilt our products to become a framework.

Headquartered in Washington DC

Headed by security veterans

QryptoCyber is a small start-up coming out of the MSSP space to help companies prepare for the post-quantum world right around the corner. Our team and our board are security veterans with extensive experience in building and servicing enterprise clients.

Organizations implementing a zero trust strategy that includes encryption will be prepared for the quantum future. Understanding your immediate risks today and future proof tomorrow.

So this is weird

Quantum Entangled from Bonnie & Clyde?

At approximately 9:15 am on May 23, 1934 in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, the notorious gangster couple Bonnie and Clyde came to a grim end. They are believed to have murdered at least nine police officers and four civilians.

Peter Clay’s in law loaned his rifle to one of the officers that ambushed the crime couple. While that is interesting in itself, it turns out that, without ever realizing before forming QryptoCyber, John Gasquet’s grandfather was at the same place as a news photographer. We’re pretty sure they met at least in passing and now a generation later they’re together protecting today’s organizations.

Pete still has the rifle so maybe there’s something there…