Post-quantum AI security vs the standard approach
Most AI providers secure transit with standard TLS and stop there. For data that must stay confidential for years, that leaves a 'harvest-now, decrypt-later' exposure. Here is what post-quantum changes, and how Bee implements it.
Why 'TLS is fine' isn't the whole story
Standard transport encryption protects data in flight today. But data captured now can be stored and decrypted later once a cryptographically-relevant quantum computer exists — the 'harvest-now, decrypt-later' problem. For long-lived confidential data, the encryption at rest, not just in transit, is what matters.
What post-quantum adds
- →At rest — Bee wraps stored data with NIST-finalized ML-KEM (FIPS 203) key encapsulation and ML-DSA (FIPS 204) signatures, so the envelope resists a future quantum adversary.
- →In transit — Bee's TLS perimeter runs a NIST-PQC-containing hybrid (X25519MLKEM768), not classical key exchange alone.
- →Standards only — Bee uses only NIST-finalized primitives (FIPS 203/204/205), not draft or non-standard algorithms.
- →Verifiable — the post-quantum posture is published with evidence on the trust page rather than asserted.
Who should care now
If your data has a long confidentiality lifetime — legal, financial, healthcare, government, IP — the migration to post-quantum protection is a present-day decision, because the exposure window for data you send today extends years into the future. Bee makes that the default posture rather than an add-on.
Frequently asked questions
- Does post-quantum security slow down the API?
- No meaningfully. The post-quantum envelope protects data at rest and the TLS perimeter uses a hybrid key exchange; neither changes the request/response latency you experience through the OpenAI-compatible API.
- Which post-quantum algorithms does Bee use?
- Only NIST-finalized standards: ML-KEM (FIPS 203) for key encapsulation, ML-DSA (FIPS 204) for signatures, and SLH-DSA (FIPS 205) as a hash-based backup. No draft or non-standard primitives.
- Can I verify the post-quantum claims?
- Yes — Bee publishes verification evidence on its trust page rather than only asserting the posture.
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