Valiant and Fortytwo42 Form Strategic Quantum-Safe Collaboration

17 Mar 2026 CW Team

Fortytwo42 Labs, headquartered in Pune, is a deep tech start-up that developed India's first Quantum Safe Digital Trust Cybersecurity Platform and brings expertise in post-quantum cryptography for defence, government, banks and national critical infrastructure. The company aims to protect digital operations from advanced current age threats and to future proof systems against quantum threats. Its capabilities are expected to strengthen authentication and digital trust for critical services.

Valiant Communications Limited, headquartered in New Delhi and listed on the BSE, is a global Indian technology company specialising in communications, networking, protection and synchronization as well as NAS and SAN data storage and cybersecurity solutions for critical infrastructure industries. The company designs and manufactures advanced information technology and operational technology products that support power utilities, oil and gas, railways, airports, defence, financial services and government networks. Valiant reports installations in over 110 countries and positions itself as a trusted provider for sectors requiring resilient digital infrastructure.

The companies said the collaboration will target both domestic and international customers and will involve joint marketing and integration efforts to deploy hardware-based quantum-safe solutions into existing storage and authentication environments. The partnership is expected to support sectors that manage critical data and require enhanced cryptographic resilience against evolving threats including those posed by quantum computing. For additional information, the company provided an investor relations contact at investors@valiantcom.com.

Valiant Communications Limited and Fortytwo42 Technology Innovations Pvt Ltd announced a strategic collaboration on 13 March 2026 to integrate quantum-safe cryptography into enterprise storage and authentication solutions. The agreement will integrate and market quantum-safe cryptography applications with Valiant's Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN) data storage servers and authentication servers to domestic and international customers. The partners will focus on hardware-based quantum-safe NAS, SAN data storage servers and authentication server solutions to address emerging threats. Fortytwo42 Labs, headquartered in Pune, is a deep tech start-up that developed India's first Quantum Safe Digital Trust Cybersecurity Platform and brings expertise in post-quantum cryptography for defence, government, banks and national critical infrastructure. The company aims to protect digital operations from advanced current age threats and to future proof systems against quantum threats. Its capabilities are expected to strengthen authentication and digital trust for critical services. Valiant Communications Limited, headquartered in New Delhi and listed on the BSE, is a global Indian technology company specialising in communications, networking, protection and synchronization as well as NAS and SAN data storage and cybersecurity solutions for critical infrastructure industries. The company designs and manufactures advanced information technology and operational technology products that support power utilities, oil and gas, railways, airports, defence, financial services and government networks. Valiant reports installations in over 110 countries and positions itself as a trusted provider for sectors requiring resilient digital infrastructure. The companies said the collaboration will target both domestic and international customers and will involve joint marketing and integration efforts to deploy hardware-based quantum-safe solutions into existing storage and authentication environments. The partnership is expected to support sectors that manage critical data and require enhanced cryptographic resilience against evolving threats including those posed by quantum computing. For additional information, the company provided an investor relations contact at investors@valiantcom.com.

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