San Antonio, Texas – November 20, 2025 – Futurex, a global leader in enterprise data security, won the "Overall Encryption Solution Provider of the Year" award in the international CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program for its CryptoHub HSM and data protection solutions.
Futurex's innovation has earned the trust of leading global organizations, including dozens of Fortune 100 companies, the world's largest banks, and some of the most recognized brands.
CryptoHub unifies payment, general-purpose, key management, PKI and certificate authority, and data protection cryptographic operations on a single platform. Built on Futurex’s BAM architecture, CryptoHub standardizes how teams orchestrate and automate cryptographic operations across environments.
Why Did Futurex Receive the Overall Encryption Solution Provider of the Year Award?
“CryptoHub revolutionizes encryption management with a unified, scalable, and future-proof solution that addresses cybersecurity's evolving challenges. Consolidating all cryptographic functionalities into a single platform eliminates the need for multiple disparate systems, specialized knowledge, and costly integration and maintenance professional services,” said Steve Johansson, managing director, CyberSecurity Breakthrough.
“CryptoHub from Futurex serves as a cornerstone of trust and security, empowering organizations to navigate modern cybersecurity complexities with unmatched control, visibility, and agility, and offering a holistic view of all cryptographic assets and operations. It’s a unified platform that ensures unmatched efficiency.”
Futurex’s HSMs are PCI HSM validated with built-in Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) to prepare organizations for the next generation of encryption. CryptoHub supports ML-KEM for key exchange and ML-DSA for digital signatures, leveraging NIST-approved PQC algorithms to future-proof cryptography for clients.
The CryptoHub platform’s flexibility offers on-premises, virtual/containerized, cloud, and hybrid deployments, enabling customers to deploy virtually any cryptographic use case in a 2U appliance or go with a complete OpEx model with our as-a-service cloud. Its wizard-guided, modular app store, combined with hundreds of integrations, allows you to simplify deployment, reduce operating and management costs, and complexity.
CryptoHub manages large fleets of on-premises, virtual, and cloud HSMs with centralized provisioning and policy enforcement. It automates and orchestrates numerous cryptographic processes, including key lifecycle management and certificate authority operations, for consistent security and simplified operations.
Core Differentiators of Futurex's CryptoHub
- Unified Cryptographic Ecosystem: CryptoHub integrates general-purpose and payment HSMs, PKI, certificate authority, key management, data protection, digital signing, and cloud key management into one cohesive solution. This integration simplifies encryption management and provides robust security across all applications.
- Advanced Security and Compliance: CryptoHub meets validation standards such as FIPS 140-2 Level 3, PCI HSM, offering top-tier encryption.
- Post-Quantum Ready: CryptoHub supports the latest post-quantum cryptography (PQC) encryption standards: ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA, to future-proof your security against quantum threats.
- Scalability and Dynamic Provisioning: CryptoHub supports flexible deployment options, including on-premises appliances, virtual/containerized instances, and cloud solutions hosted in sixteen secure data centers spanning five continents.
- On-Demand Flexibility and Automation: CryptoHub's modules allow for seamless on-demand deployment and management of cryptographic functions.
- Operational Efficiency: CryptoHub eliminates the need for multiple HSM products from legacy vendors, reduces the need for specialized expertise, and costly integration services.
David Close, Chief Solutions Architect at Futurex, said, "We pioneered the first dual-purpose HSM, the first cloud payment HSM, and now the only HSM supporting PQC that has been PCI HSM validated. With each step, we lead with innovation.”
We’ll continue to develop first-to-market solutions that enable organizations to tailor security to their specific needs without compromising performance. Our technology delivers faster deployment, lower costs, and a reduced attack surface.”
The CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards aim to celebrate excellence and spotlight breakthrough innovation driving the global cybersecurity industry forward. Covering a wide range of categories – including Cloud Security, Threat Intelligence, Risk Management, Fraud Prevention, Mobile Security, Application Security, Identity Management, and more – the annual program highlights the solutions and organizations redefining how we safeguard the digital world.
The 2025 awards program received thousands of nominations from more than 20 countries worldwide, representing everything from disruptive startups to established global enterprises. This year's winners embody the cutting edge of cybersecurity technology, delivering next-generation protection and resilience in today's increasingly complex threat landscape.
The Security to Trust. The Freedom to Do.
Futurex empowers organizations to address modern cybersecurity challenges with control, visibility, and agility, providing a holistic view of all cryptographic assets and operations.
CryptoHub transforms encryption management by offering a unified, scalable, and future-proof solution that meets the evolving demands of cybersecurity. Futurex remains at the forefront of the industry, setting new standards for encryption worldwide.
About CyberSecurity Breakthrough:
Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring excellence in information security and cybersecurity technology companies, products, and people. The CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards provide a platform for public recognition around the achievements of breakthrough information security companies and products in categories including Cloud Security, Threat Detection, Risk Management, Fraud Prevention, Mobile Security, Web and Email Security, UTM, Firewall , and more.
About Futurex:
For over 40 years, Futurex has been an award-winning leader and innovator in the encryption market, delivering uncompromising enterprise-grade data security solutions. Over 15,000 organizations worldwide trust Futurex to provide groundbreaking hardware security modules, key management servers, and cloud HSM solutions. Futurex is headquartered outside of San Antonio, Texas, with regional offices worldwide. Get started with Futurex HSMs today: https://www.futurex.com/demo-sign-up