WEB · DATA PROTECTION SOLUTION PROFILE

QuantumSafe Browser & API Protection
Solution architecture

Protect selected sensitive payloads from browser or client to an approved backend cryptographic boundary.

CUSTOMER PROBLEM

Protect selected sensitive payloads from browser or client to an approved backend cryptographic boundary.

TLS protects the channel, but sensitive fields can still be harvested, logged or exposed at intermediaries. Selected payloads may require protection before leaving the browser or client.

Solution architecture
Portfolio class
Data protection solution profile
Public profile
2026.07
Version rule
Confirmed in quotation / release record

PRODUCT-SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION FLOW

How QuantumSafe Browser & API Protection operates from input to evidence.

Web SDK, API gateway, KMS/HSM, identity and business-service endpoints. Threat model, protocol profile, replay tests, sample integration and privacy review.

01

Classify sensitive fields in the client

Browser Web SDK and client-side protection

02

Fetch approved server key profile

Field-level and payload-level encryption

03

Create ephemeral hybrid/PQC session

ML-KEM/hybrid session establishment by approved profile

04

Encrypt payload and bind transaction metadata

API gateway and backend decryption boundary

05

Decrypt only inside protected backend boundary

Session binding, replay protection and key rotation

06

Deliver minimum plaintext and immutable audit

Masking, logging and data-minimization controls

NAMED COMPONENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

What QuantumSafe Browser & API Protection contains and what each component does.

The descriptions below state concrete technical behaviour rather than generic support language.

01

Browser Web SDK and client-side protection

Runs before form submission to select protected fields, validate origin and policy, obtain the approved server key profile and build a versioned encrypted envelope.

02

Field-level and payload-level encryption

Encrypts individual fields or the full request with authenticated encryption so routing metadata may remain visible while protected values stay opaque.

03

ML-KEM/hybrid session establishment by approved profile

Uses an approved ML-KEM or hybrid session profile to derive short-lived content-encryption keys and binds the selected algorithm identifiers into the envelope.

04

API gateway and backend decryption boundary

Allows gateways to authenticate, rate-limit and validate schema without decrypting protected fields; decapsulation and decryption occur only in the approved backend service.

05

Session binding, replay protection and key rotation

Binds ciphertext to origin, transaction ID, nonce, timestamp and selected business context, then rejects replayed, expired or mismatched requests.

06

Masking, logging and data-minimization controls

Masks protected values in logs, minimizes plaintext lifetime in memory and records access, decryption result, policy version and key-erasure outcome.

CUSTOMER OUTCOMES
  • Field/payload protection
  • Session and transaction binding
  • Developer integration pattern
INTEGRATION BOUNDARY

Web SDK, API gateway, KMS/HSM, identity and business-service endpoints.

DEPLOYMENT PATTERNS

Embedded application integration

Client, format or application components protect data before it reaches shared infrastructure.

Gateway and protected backend

Gateways enforce identity and policy while key use or decryption occurs only inside the approved backend boundary.

Phased enterprise rollout

One data class and transaction path is proven first, then expanded through compatibility and performance gates.

EVIDENCE REQUIRED
  • Threat model, protocol profile, replay tests, sample integration and privacy review.
  • Version and configuration manifest for: Web SDK, API gateway, KMS/HSM, identity and business-service endpoints.
  • Negative, failure and recovery tests for “Decrypt only inside protected backend boundary” and “Deliver minimum plaintext and immutable audit”.
  • Signed acceptance record, accountable owner, published limitations and next review date.
STANDARDS & PROFILES
  • Web Cryptography integration patterns
  • FIPS 203 ML-KEM profiles when approved
  • AES-256 envelope encryption
  • API security and replay controls

PRODUCT-SPECIFIC BOUNDARIES

Conditions that must remain true for QuantumSafe Browser & API Protection.

These points come from the product profile, not from a shared disclaimer.

NEXT STEP

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