Phoenix Platform was founded on a simple conviction: if compromise is inevitable, cryptographic systems must be designed to survive it — not just resist it.
The cybersecurity industry has spent decades building higher walls. Better encryption, stronger keys, more expensive HSMs. But the fundamental assumption hasn't changed: keep the key safe, and everything works.
We believe this assumption is broken. Not because the cryptography is weak, but because the real world is hostile. Devices are captured. Insiders leak secrets. Supply chains are compromised. Software has bugs. In environments where these threats are operational realities — defense, financial infrastructure, critical IoT — "keep the key safe" isn't a strategy. It's a prayer.
Phoenix Platform exists to close this gap. We build signature systems that assume breach will happen and engineer the recovery path into the cryptographic architecture itself.
Traditional cryptography is brittle — one failure breaks everything. PhoenixSig introduces self-healing properties by combining deterministic state evolution with hardware-anchored entropy injection. The result: a system that autonomously recovers from compromise without human intervention, certificate revocation, or manual rekeying.
PhoenixSig doesn't replace NIST post-quantum standards — it builds on top of them. ML-DSA and SLH-DSA serve as the signing engine. PhoenixSig adds the lifecycle management, state evolution, and recovery layer that standalone algorithms lack. We're complementary to the PQC ecosystem, not competitive with it.
We publish our threat model, document our assumptions, and are explicit about what PhoenixSig does and doesn't protect against. Security through clarity, not obscurity.
Phoenix — the mythological bird that rises from its own ashes. It's more than a brand. It's the exact technical property we deliver: a signing system that, after being destroyed by compromise, regenerates from hardware-anchored entropy and continues operating with full security guarantees.
Rise — because the point isn't just survival. It's coming back stronger than the attack that tried to kill it.
Core concept development, PCS formalization, and foundational architecture design.
Working prototype with state evolution, epoch-based signing, entropy injection, and security property validation.
Full cryptographic backend integration, hardware security module support, and attestation protocols.
Multi-platform SDK, partner integrations, and compliance certification.
We're building the next layer of cryptographic infrastructure. If that excites you, we want to talk.