QSECDEF — Consultant Membership
Your clients are asking you what to do about Quantum. You have the answers.
One product. One payment. Access our editable and AI ingestible materials, slide decks, documents, research and training guides, tool files and more as they are released, plus all of the benefits of lifetime membership.
For independent consultants, advisors, fractional CISOs, board members, and investors making decisions on quantum-era technology, security, and risk.
One-time fee. No renewal. Not including partner products.
Who uses QSECDEF
GRC Consultants
Consultant Membership
The quantum migration decisions are being made now.
Your clients are asking about PQC migration, vendor readiness, and cryptographic risk. The consultants who can answer credibly are winning the engagements. One product. One payment.
Consultant Membership
$999.99
One-time fee
Access our editable and AI ingestible materials, slide decks, documents, research and training guides, tool files and more as they are released, plus all of the benefits of lifetime membership.
- Editable slide decks, documents and research
- AI ingestible training guides and tool files
- New materials as they are released
- All lifetime membership benefits
- Provide our training in-person
- Train QMI for PQC Governance
- Live event access
- Access Media Library
- Members-only events
- 25% off partner training and events
- Website Listing
- 60 Minute On-Ramp Session
- No further payments
- Issue Certificates *
* plus certification fees. Materials access does not include partner products.
Get Consultant Membership — $999.99 onceOne payment. No renewal. Not including partner products.
Need to discuss firm or practice access? Contact us
** Fees are charged per trained delegate certificate issued.
** Required to pass training you will teach.
What membership is. What it is not.
What it is
- A learning platform with practitioner-led content, weekly webinars, and certificated courses.
- A professional community where members share the same room as senior practitioners.
- A signal to employers and clients that you have engaged with the field beyond your day job or coursework.
What it is not
- A recruitment agency or a job placement service.
- A guarantee of interviews, internships, contracts, or employment.
- An offer of work from QSECDEF or from any of its members.
Membership benefits in full
Engagements and credibility
Membership built for the engagements you actually run.
For consultants and advisors: clients are asking about PQC migration. If you cannot speak to it credibly, the engagement goes to someone who can. Membership gives you the standards, the vendor landscape, and the same network your competitors are using.
For fractional CISOs and CRO advisors: quantum risk has to enter the risk register this year. You need the language, the standards, and the comparators that hold up in a board meeting. Members get sustained access to the practitioners writing those documents.
For investors and analysts: cryptographic vendor evaluations, due diligence on quantum claims, portfolio risk assessment. The difference between a credible analysis and a wasted hour is access to people actually running these systems. Membership gives you that access.
For board members and NEDs: the audit committee question is being prepared. You need to know what good looks like before the board asks. Membership puts you in the room where the answer is being defined.
Your reputation is the differentiator. Stay sharper than the people you advise.
Independent consulting is a credibility business. Your day rate is paid because your clients believe you know more about the field than they do. In quantum, that gap is closing every quarter unless you have a structural reason to stay ahead. Membership is the structural reason.
Membership does not guarantee engagements. It closes the gap between informed advisor and current practitioner. That gap is where consultants lose retainers to people who joined the conversation earlier.
Network access
The people in this community are writing the standards your clients will be audited against.
QSECDEF works with practitioners across defence, telecoms, space, financial services, and government infrastructure. Members are the people building the standards your clients are about to be audited against. Consultant membership gives you direct access to that network through the forum, members-only events, and the Tuesday webinar programme.
Live Tuesday webinars with Q&A.
Every Tuesday, a practitioner presents on an active topic with a structured Q&A. Consultant members attend the same session as Expert members. The room includes people running live migration programmes. You can ask questions there, and take the answers back to your clients.
Content and intelligence
Full Expert lecture archive: practitioner sessions you can reference in client meetings.
The full lecture archive is available immediately on joining. Topics span PQC algorithm implementation, NIST standardisation timelines, quantum threat modelling for enterprise infrastructure, cryptographic agility frameworks, regulatory compliance for financial services and defence, quantum systems integration, quantum compute, and hybrid HPC. This is not introductory content.
New lecture invites, every week.
The newsletter covers speakers, industry news, events, Expert member coverage, and a regular update each Tuesday morning on the session.
Consultants have a dedicated member relationship manager.
Client billing
Provide our on-ramp services to your clients or portfolio, or as our local partner. Deliver our on-site training packages (after self-certification) and offer our on-ramp service packages to your clients needing to develop their Quantum Capability.
Use QMI as the measurement index for Quantum Risk and compliance at the board level, drive consulting engagements and project delivery while keeping projects on track.
Inclusions and logistics
One product. One payment.
$999.99 once. Access our editable and AI ingestible materials, slide decks, documents, research and training guides, tool files and more as they are released, plus all of the benefits of lifetime membership. No renewal. No annual fee. Partner products are not included.
Everything Consultant Membership includes from day one.
- Full Expert lecture archive: practitioner sessions you can reference in client meetings
- Live Tuesday webinars with Q&A you can put to the room
- Member directory + warm introductions to Expert Members and vendor leadership
- Members-only events (high-signal networking)
- 25% off partner training and events
- QSECDEF tools eligible for use in client engagements (attribution required)
- Practitioner forum across cyber, transformation, policy and business
- Referral programme eligibility for Lifetime members
- Speaking and contributor opportunities via QSECDEF channels
What our members say
We exist to deliver real value to our members, because our members fund our team, and we like it that way. Here are some validated reviews, comments, and highlights shared online by members who have experienced the true value of being part of our community. Click on each to validate.
“Speak to us about Consultant membership”
Harlene Hernando
Operations Director, Quantum Security Defence
15+ years' international operations leadership across Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Studied International Business and Entrepreneurial Management; BSc in Business Administration (Operations Management).
Ready to apply?
One product. One payment.
The consultants winning quantum engagements are building their knowledge base now. QSECDEF Consultant membership puts you in the room with the people doing the work.
Consultant Membership
$999.99
One-time fee
Access our editable and AI ingestible materials, slide decks, documents, research and training guides, tool files and more as they are released, plus all of the benefits of lifetime membership.
- Editable slide decks, documents and research
- AI ingestible training guides and tool files
- New materials as they are released
- All lifetime membership benefits
- Provide our training in-person
- Train QMI for PQC Governance
- Live event access
- Access Media Library
- Members-only events
- 25% off partner training and events
- Website Listing
- 60 Minute On-Ramp Session
- No further payments
- Issue Certificates *
* plus certification fees. Materials access does not include partner products.
Get Consultant Membership — $999.99 onceOne payment. No renewal. Not including partner products.
Need to discuss firm or practice access? Contact us
** Fees are charged per trained delegate certificate issued.
** Required to pass training you will teach.
Common questions
Before you apply
Can I use QSECDEF materials with clients?
Yes. Members are licensed to reference QSECDEF research, frameworks, and tools in client work with attribution. Branded tool outputs (e.g. PQC Readiness Checklist results) can be shared with clients as part of an engagement.
Is there a referral programme?
Lifetime members are eligible for the Consultant Referral Programme: qualified leads from QSECDEF directed to members based on industry, geography, and availability. Details shared on activation.
Can my consultancy expense Lifetime?
Yes. A receipt is generated on payment. Consultant Membership is $999.99 as a single one-time payment, with one receipt. Most members expense it as professional development or a business intelligence subscription.
How is this different from joining as a Professional Member?
Consultant Membership includes the referral programme eligibility, expanded tools licensing for client use, and access to the consultant-specific forum threads. Professional Membership is for in-house practitioners; Consultant Membership is for those whose practice depends on selling quantum-era expertise.
Do I get speaking and contributor opportunities?
Active members are surfaced for QSECDEF speaking opportunities (Symposium, webinars, articles) based on relevance and availability. We do not guarantee placement; we do prioritise active contributors.
Are partner products included?
No. Consultant Membership covers QSECDEF materials: editable and AI ingestible slide decks, documents, research, training guides and tool files as they are released, plus all lifetime membership benefits. Partner training and partner products are not included. Members receive 25% off partner training and events.
What are the certification fees?
Members can issue QSECDEF-branded training certificates to delegates they have personally trained. Per-certificate fees apply on top of membership. Members must first complete and pass the QSECDEF training they intend to deliver. Fee schedule provided on activation.