Cryptographic infrastructure across enterprises is fragmented, opaque, and vendor-dependent. Most organisations cannot answer a simple question: what cryptographic assets do we actually have? Post-quantum migration deadlines (NCSC 2031-2035) have imposed urgent timelines. Station Hex restores control.
We provide cryptographic asset intelligence, vendor-agnostic key operations, and structured PQC transition guidance. 0xRecon discovers and inventories your cryptographic estate. 0xConductor decouples operations from vendor infrastructure. 0xVector delivers executable migration roadmaps. Built by practitioners who operated cryptographic infrastructure at scale.
End-to-end cryptographic intelligence and operations — from PQC readiness consultancy through asset discovery, key operations, and cross-organisational trust federation.
Enterprise-grade cryptographic risk management and discovery. Discover every asset, assess against policy frameworks, score and prioritise risk, and plan your PQC migration with precision.
Explore 0xRecon →Unified REST API for cryptographic operations across multiple backends — without vendor lock-in. Policy-enforced access control and forensic-grade audit trails across SoftHSM, AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault, and on-premise HSMs.
Explore 0xConductor →Structured advisory and assessment service combining the CARAF risk framework with the 11-step ETSI-aligned PQC transition process. Delivers quantified risk scores, a prioritised quantum-safe roadmap, and a technical solution architecture — evidence-based, not opinion-based.
Explore 0xVector →Cross-organisational programme PKI platform for defence contracts, CNI partnerships, and allied operations. Stand up scoped, time-limited certificate trust channels between sovereign organisations in minutes — without modifying trust stores or sharing sensitive cryptographic policies.
From raw infrastructure scanning through to board-ready compliance reports — a complete, automated cryptographic intelligence workflow.
Every cryptographic operation passes through policy evaluation before reaching the backend HSM. Key material never leaves the hardware boundary.
Six structured phases from engagement governance through to deliverable handover — combining automated cryptographic discovery with the CARAF risk framework and MOSCA theorem prioritisation.
0xRecon maps every cryptographic asset against CNSA 2.0 phases — delivering a precise, risk-weighted roadmap to quantum-resistant infrastructure.
0xRecon applies the MOSCA theorem to every cryptographic asset — calculating when post-quantum migration becomes urgent based on data shelf life, migration effort, and the quantum threat timeline. When X + Y exceeds Z, you must start now.
Continuous monitoring of classified environments against UK Government cryptography standards. Full CNSA 2.0 migration planning with DoD compliance timelines and cryptographic supply chain visibility.
Payment processing cryptography standards, risk quantification for board reporting, and signed attestation to compliance frameworks for regulators. Third-party crypto inventory assessment.
Data encryption and key management compliance, data shelf life tracking for long-term patient record protection, and PQC readiness planning for healthcare infrastructure audits.
Pre-acquisition cryptographic inventory, systematic retirement of weak algorithms, control of certificate sprawl, and crypto architecture assessment during cloud migration.
Find every certificate, key, and cryptographic asset across your hybrid infrastructure — and understand exactly what risk it carries.
One API. Every backend. Policy-enforced, forensically audited cryptographic operations — without vendor lock-in.
Structured consultancy combining CARAF risk scoring with MOSCA theorem prioritisation — an executable quantum-safe roadmap, not a generic report.
Cryptographic Asset Intelligence Platform
Enterprise-grade cryptographic risk management and discovery, purpose-built for government, defence, and financial services. Discover every cryptographic asset, assess against policy frameworks, and plan your PQC migration with precision.
Two complementary methodologies delivering both aggressive network-based asset discovery and deep managed-system integration.
Network-based scanning that discovers cryptographic assets without prior knowledge of the environment.
Deep connector-based integration with enterprise PKI and key management platforms for authoritative inventory data.
Every certificate is evaluated against a library of CEL (Common Expression Language) rules before a finding is raised. Rules have full access to certificate fields, business context, and asset metadata — allowing complex conditional logic without custom code.
Raw cryptographic data alone cannot drive risk decisions. 0xRecon enriches every asset with business context before assessment — so risk scores reflect operational reality, not just algorithm strength.
Risk scores are not flat severity labels. Every asset is weighted by criticality, network exposure, data classification, and compliance scope — producing a prioritised remediation queue that reflects real operational risk.
Remote collector agents deploy directly into customer infrastructure — including air-gapped and classified networks. Policy evaluation runs locally on the agent. Only normalised findings travel over mTLS to the central dashboard.
0xRecon structures discovery work as a managed engagement — with scoping, finding review, remediation tracking, and signed deliverables at every stage. Built for professional services delivery and internal audit preparation alike.
0xRecon detects, catalogues, and assesses the full spectrum of key material found in enterprise infrastructure — from legacy RSA through to quantum-vulnerable ECDSA and emerging PQC algorithms — against CNSA 2.0 compliance requirements.
Single-server or multi-server with load balancing. Docker + Gunicorn + nginx. Systemd service management. Air-gap compatible.
AWS AMI and Azure VM images available. Optional managed database integration. Auto-scaling and multi-region support.
Central dashboard in cloud or on-prem. Unlimited remote collectors in isolated networks. Delta sync minimises bandwidth overhead.
Every report is digitally signed with RSA-PSS-SHA256 and delivered with per-recipient AES-256-GCM encryption. Machine-readable outputs flow directly into CMDB and SIEM tooling.
Find out what is hidden in your cryptographic infrastructure before regulators or adversaries do.
Cryptographic Orchestration Service
A unified REST API for cryptographic operations across multiple backends — without vendor lock-in. Enforce policy-driven access control and maintain forensic-grade audit trails across SoftHSM, AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault, and on-premise HSMs.
Every cryptographic operation your applications need — exposed through a single, consistent REST API regardless of which backend HSM is performing the work.
Generate keys on any backend with classification tagging, labels, and automatic lifecycle registration.
Authenticated symmetric encryption or asymmetric encryption. Plaintext in, ciphertext out — key stays in HSM.
Symmetric or asymmetric decryption. Ciphertext in, plaintext out. Policy evaluated before operation executes.
Digital signature generation over arbitrary data. Private key never leaves the HSM — only the signature is returned.
Signature verification with automatic tamper detection. Returns {"valid": true} or denial with reason.
Wrap key material for secure transport between systems or backends. Used in key migration workflows.
Import wrapped key material into a target HSM. Completes the secure key transport cycle.
Secure key removal from the backend. Full deletion logged to audit trail with requestor attribution.
A single API surface across all major cryptographic backends. Migrate keys between providers without changing a line of application code.
| Backend | Type | AES-256-GCM | EC-P256/P384 | RSA-2048/4096 | Key Wrap | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SoftHSM 2 | Software PKCS#11 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ MVP |
| AWS KMS | Cloud HSM Service | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ MVP |
| Azure Key Vault | Cloud Key Mgmt | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ MVP |
| Generic PKCS#11 | Any HSM Device | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ MVP |
| GCP Cloud KMS | Google Cloud HSM | — | — | — | — | 🔜 v1.2 |
| HashiCorp Vault | Secrets Management | — | — | — | — | 🔜 v1.2 |
Move cryptographic keys between backends without interrupting service. Dual-approval enforcement for sensitive classifications. Every migration permanently recorded in the key location history.
Append-only JSONL + SQLite. Every operation records who, what key, which backend, which algorithm, the outcome, and the matched policy rule — or the denial reason. Native Splunk and ELK SIEM integration.
Key material never leaves the HSM boundary. Every other layer adds an independent control — so compromise of one does not compromise the system.
YAML-based rules enforce data classification before any cryptographic operation. SECRET data stays on-premise. Policy evaluated on every single request — no exceptions.
Multi-backend abstraction, policy engine, audit logging, SIEM integration, key migration workflows, API key auth.
Post-quantum algorithms (ML-KEM-768, ML-DSA-65), mTLS client certificate authentication, key rotation automation.
GCP Cloud KMS, HashiCorp Vault, and HSM fleet management for organisations operating at scale.
Namespace isolation for MSPs, advanced RBAC, and a fully managed SaaS deployment model.
Deploy 0xConductor and eliminate cryptographic vendor lock-in for good.
PQC Transition Consultancy
A structured advisory and assessment service helping organisations plan, evaluate, and execute migration from classical cryptographic algorithms to quantum-safe alternatives. Combining the CARAF risk framework with an 11-step ETSI-aligned transition process — evidence-based, operational, and executable.
Adversaries are intercepting and stockpiling encrypted data today — to decrypt it once a Cryptographically Relevant Quantum Computer exists. This is known as "harvest now, decrypt later." The threat is not future. The window to act is now.
Rather than enumerating every cryptographic primitive, 0xVector identifies high-level security-enforcing functions first. Each is then decomposed to expose constituent assets and dependencies — revealing architectural risks invisible at the algorithm level.
Every 0xVector engagement produces five defined documents, each written for a specific audience — from board risk exposure to engineering implementation procedures.
The Crypto Agility Risk Assessment Framework combines quantum vulnerability class, likelihood of exploitation, and impact of compromise into a defensible, ranked priority score — calibrated per asset, not per organisation-type.
0xVector applies the Crypto Agility Risk Assessment Framework alongside Mosca's Theorem to produce defensible, quantified risk scores — not generic heatmaps. Every recommendation is grounded in evidence gathered from your actual infrastructure.
0xVector selects the migration strategy per asset based on its constraints — not a single approach for the whole estate. Dependency conflicts between assets are resolved before the roadmap is finalised.
Direct replacement of the vulnerable algorithm. Simplest operationally; requires all endpoints to support the new algorithm simultaneously.
Legacy and new algorithm run simultaneously during transition. Higher operational cost but enables phased migration without service interruption.
Classical and PQC algorithms combined in a single operation — protects against both classical and quantum attack during transition. Mandated by ANSSI; NCSC cautions for PKI use cases.
0xVector scopes across every cryptographic function in the product or infrastructure — not just TLS and certificates. Scope is agreed at engagement and documented in the Plan of Action.
Symmetric, asymmetric, and hash functions. TLS, IPsec, SSH, and proprietary protocol configurations.
CA hierarchies, certificate lifecycle, key storage, distribution mechanisms, and revocation infrastructure.
Hardware security modules, key management systems, CA platforms, and cryptographic service provisioning.
Boot chains, hardware roots of trust, TPM/eFuse configurations, firmware signing and update mechanisms.
Software distribution security, update signing pipelines, binary integrity verification, and supply chain cryptography.
Certificate-based mTLS, OIDC/SAML token signing, access control mechanisms, and identity cryptography.
Data at rest encryption, transmission security, and harvest-now-decrypt-later exposure assessment for long-lived data.
Vendor PQC roadmap assessment, supply chain cryptographic dependency mapping, and external interoperability constraints.
Five major national authorities have issued PQC migration guidance — with meaningful differences on hybrid mandates, algorithm selection, and timelines. 0xVector maps your estate against all of them and sequences migration to satisfy all simultaneously.
| Requirement | NCSC | NIST | ANSSI | ASD | BSI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standards finalised | ✓ 2024 | ✓ 2024 | Partial | ✓ 2024 | ✓ 2024 |
| Hybrid mandate | Caution PKI | Optional | Required | Recommended | Recommended |
| Planning deadline | 2028 | — | — | — | — |
| Critical assets deadline | 2031 | Active | Active | Active | Active |
| All assets deadline | 2035 | TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC |
| Jurisdiction conflict risk | ANSSI hybrid mandate vs NCSC PKI caution — 0xVector identifies and resolves per-asset | ||||
Five deliverables, each written for its specific audience — from board risk exposure to delivery team execution procedures. Two-stage quality gate: peer review plus Head Consultant sign-off before release.
Quantum risk exposure overview · CARAF risk scores · PQC Readiness Maturity Score · regulatory compliance gap analysis · investment ranges.
Complete asset catalogue · implementation, trust & external dependency mapping · tooling validation reconciliation · vulnerability heat map.
Algorithm recommendations per asset · pure/parallel/hybrid strategy selection · vendor engagement plan · crypto agility guidance.
Phased plan · milestones & gate criteria · resource & budget estimates · dependency conflict resolution · NCSC 2028/2031/2035 alignment.
Implementation procedures per phase · governance framework · milestone criteria · monitoring approach · RACI for migration execution.
Crypto Agility Review · PKI Migration Strategy · Regulatory Divergence Analysis · Executive Briefing · Algorithm Deep Dive · 0xRecon Integration.
The NCSC deadline is 2031 for critical assets. Most organisations need three to five years to execute. Request an engagement today.
The quantum threat has exposed decades of cryptographic technical debt. Most organisations cannot see their own cryptographic estate, let alone migrate it. Station Hex exists to guide organisations through this challenge — with the visibility, tooling, and expertise needed to move from fragmented, vendor-dependent infrastructure to coherent, controlled, confidence-backed cryptographic operations.
Cryptography is the bedrock of everything organisations depend on to remain secure, sovereign, and trusted. But the way cryptography is implemented, managed, and assured across most enterprises and government programmes is fragmented, opaque, and deeply supplier-dependent. Organisations inherit cryptographic decisions made years ago by vendors whose priorities were time-to-market, not long-term agility. They operate PKI hierarchies they don't fully understand, HSMs they can't easily interrogate, and certificate estates they've never comprehensively mapped. They depend on tooling that tells them what the vendor wants them to know, not what they actually need to understand.
Post-quantum cryptography has not created this problem — it has imposed a deadline on it.
The migration to quantum-safe algorithms is genuinely urgent. NCSC expects critical assets to be migrated by 2031 and all assets by 2035. NIST finalised its post-quantum standards in 2024. The harvest-now-decrypt-later threat means that sensitive data in transit today is already at risk from adversaries banking on future quantum capability. But when organisations attempt to respond, they run headlong into the accumulated consequences of years of cryptographic technical debt: no coherent inventory of what they have, insufficient suitably qualified and experienced personnel to assess what needs to change, and cryptographic infrastructure so tightly coupled to vendor ecosystems that the notion of migrating algorithms feels closer to rebuilding from scratch than updating a configuration.
This is the problem Station Hex was built to address.
We believe organisations should be in control of their own cryptographic posture — not their HSM vendor, not their CA platform supplier, not the managed service provider whose commercial interest lies in dependency, not the large consultancy applying a generic framework. Control requires visibility, and visibility requires tools and processes that work for the organisation, not around it.
We believe cryptographic operations, key management, and certificate lifecycle should be governed by policy that the organisation owns and can verify — expressed in open, auditable, vendor-agnostic terms. We believe the complexity of modern cryptographic infrastructure is a solvable engineering problem, not an inherent condition to be managed through supplier relationships.
And we believe the window to address this in an orderly, evidence-based way is narrowing.
Station Hex has developed a portfolio of cryptographic security products and services built from the ground up to restore organisational control.
Cryptographic Asset Intelligence Platform
It answers the question every security team needs to answer before any migration can begin: what cryptographic assets do we actually have, where are they, and what is our real exposure? 0xRecon discovers certificates, keys, and cryptographic configurations across hybrid infrastructure — TLS endpoints, file systems, EJBCA, Azure Key Vault, Thales Luna HSMs, Active Directory Certificate Services — normalises them into a unified inventory, assesses them against policy frameworks including NCSC, NIST PQC, CNSA 2.0, DORA, PCI-DSS, and NIS2, and produces risk-weighted, prioritised remediation roadmaps using MOSCA theorem-based PQC scoring. It delivers what no vendor dashboard will: an honest, policy-driven picture of cryptographic posture, owned entirely by the organisation.
Vendor-Agnostic Cryptographic Operations Platform
It provides a single, unified API for cryptographic operations — encryption, signing, key generation, key wrapping — across SoftHSM, AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault, and generic PKCS#11 hardware security modules simultaneously. Policy-driven access control, enforced before any operation executes, ensures that classification levels, backend constraints, and organisational rules are applied consistently regardless of which underlying infrastructure is in use. Keys can be migrated between backends without application code changes. Audit trails are immutable and SIEM-ready. 0xConductor decouples cryptographic operations from vendor infrastructure, giving organisations the freedom to choose, change, and govern their cryptographic backends without rebuilding the systems that depend on them.
Cross-Organisational Programme PKI
Enables cross-organisational programme PKI for joint programmes — defence contracts, CNI partnerships, allied operations — without any participating organisation modifying its trust stores, exposing its internal cryptographic policies, or surrendering sovereign control of its key material. Organisations stand up scoped, time-limited certificate trust channels in minutes rather than weeks, with full lifecycle management, bilateral consent, and policy compatibility verification that reveals only intersection results, never raw policies.
PQC Transition Consultancy
A structured advisory and assessment service for organisations that need to plan, prioritise, and execute migration from classical cryptographic algorithms to quantum-safe alternatives. Built around the CARAF risk assessment framework and aligned to ETSI TR 104 016 and NCSC PQC migration guidance, 0xVector delivers rigorous MOSCA theorem-based prioritisation, dependency-aware migration sequencing, algorithm selection grounded in operational constraints, and roadmaps that are executable rather than aspirational. It is designed for defence, CNI, and regulated sector environments where the consequences of getting this wrong are not theoretical — and where the consultant needs to have operated the infrastructure, not just assessed it from the outside.
Station Hex was founded by an engineer who built and operated cryptographic infrastructure inside the UK defence sector — Thales Luna HSMs, EJBCA, Azure Key Vault, enterprise PKI at scale, IEC 62351 power systems security, defence procurement. The frustrations that drove the creation of this portfolio were lived, not observed: the opacity of vendor tooling, the impossibility of getting a coherent cross-estate cryptographic inventory, the friction of trying to enforce consistent policy across heterogeneous infrastructure, the absence of tooling that genuinely served the organisation's interests rather than the supplier's renewal cycle.
That background means our products reflect the actual constraints of operational cryptographic environments — air-gapped networks, HSM quirks, certificate chain edge cases, the realities of PKCS#11 integration, the difference between what a compliance framework says and what passing an audit in a defence context actually requires.
The cryptographic security market is consolidating. Large vendors are acquiring discovery tools and wrapping them in platform narratives that deepen dependency rather than reduce it. Large consultancies are building PQC practices by rebranding existing risk frameworks. Neither serves the organisations who most need help: those in defence, CNI, and regulated sectors who face genuine quantum migration timelines, genuine skills shortages, and genuine consequences if they get this wrong.
Station Hex exists to serve those organisations with tools they own, assessments they can trust, and a clear-eyed view of the work ahead — without a commercial interest in making it more complicated than it needs to be.
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