QSECDEF — Industry Membership
QSECDEF is an On-RAMP for Developing Capabilities in Quantum.
QSECDEF provides the on-ramp for some of the world's largest organisations across Quantum Cybersecurity, Quantum Secure Communications, and Sovereign Integrated Quantum Compute. Three industry membership routes, by invitation, configured to your role in the quantum ecosystem.
Industry membership is by invitation only. Conversations start with a scoping call.
By-invitation only. Every membership shaped around your role in the ecosystem.
Who uses QSECDEF
Vendor founders
Industry Membership Tiers
Three routes into Industry Membership.
QSECDEF Industry is configured for three populations. Each begins with a conversation — we shape the engagement around your role in the quantum ecosystem.
Vendors
By invitation only
For quantum technology vendors building the market
- Awareness across the QSECDEF practitioner community
- Amplification through editorial and member channels
- Peer review from senior practitioners across regulated industries
- Content asset creation — case studies, briefings, technical papers
- Channel enablement to end-user organisations and integrators
- Thought leadership engagement at events and webinars
- Members-only events with the practitioners specifying and buying
By invitation only. Conversations start with a scoping call.
Ecosystem Partnership
By invitation only
For national ecosystems, security ecosystems, and event organisers
- International interconnect — link your ecosystem to QSECDEF's practitioner network
- Bring quantum capability to your team and members
- Share your validated research with the right audience
- Connect with end-user customers and active migration projects
- Awareness and visibility across the QSECDEF community
- Partner on events, summits and joint activities
By invitation only. We build the engagement around your ecosystem's existing programme.
Industry On-Ramp
By invitation only
For end-user organisations in critical infrastructure
- On-ramp infrastructure for internal cyber, transformation and risk teams
- Consulting and technical team enablement
- Interconnect partner programmes
- Channel and supply chain engagement
- Governance and compliance team programmes
- Sector-specific quantum briefings (defence, banking, payments, energy, telecoms, healthcare, transport, government)
- Tailored migration roadmap support across your supplier network
By invitation only. Engagement scope shaped to your organisation's quantum exposure.
The Industry On-Ramp infrastructure
QSECDEF provides the on-ramp infrastructure for your internal teams, consulting partners, technical engineering teams, interconnect partners, channels, governance functions, and supply chain — across the conversation on Quantum.
We focus on three product areas: Quantum Cybersecurity, Quantum Secure Communications, and Sovereign Integrated Quantum Compute.
We work across the sectors where quantum exposure carries the highest consequence:
Defence
Sovereign quantum capability, cryptographic resilience, supply chain assurance
Banking and Financial Services
DORA cryptographic resilience, payment system migration, board risk reporting
Payments Infrastructure
SwiftNet 8, CHIPS, FedNow, instant payment system cryptographic dependencies
Energy and Utilities
OT/IT convergence, smart grid, SCADA migration, regulatory deadlines
Telecommunications
5G/6G security, network operator quantum readiness, NIS2 obligations
Healthcare
Genomic data protection, medical device security, GDPR-quantum overlap
Government and Public Sector
National quantum strategies, sovereign capability, citizen data resilience
Space
Satellite cryptographic systems, ground segment, LEO/GEO communication security
Industry membership benefits in full
Why QSECDEF is the conversation
The neutral convener.
QSECDEF is not a vendor and not a single-vendor consortium. We are the neutral practitioner network where vendors, end users, ecosystems, regulators, and researchers meet without commercial agenda. That neutrality is the reason the conversation happens here.
International by structure.
1,200+ professional members across 40 countries; Expert Members from defence, telecoms, space, financial services, and government infrastructure. The conversations cross borders because the supply chains and the threat models do.
Practitioner-driven, not market-research-driven.
Our editorial, briefings, and event programming are built from the people running active quantum migration programmes. Not analysts writing about what they think organisations might do.
How Industry membership differs from individual or team membership
Configured engagement, not catalogue access.
Individual, professional, consultant and team memberships are catalogue-based — you get the platform and consume what is relevant. Industry membership is configured: we build the engagement around your specific programme, sector, regulatory exposure, or vendor partnership strategy.
Direct relationship management.
Every Industry member has a named relationship lead at QSECDEF coordinating across your team, the editorial calendar, event scheduling, and ecosystem introductions. One conversation, all the threads.
Off-platform engagement.
Where individual and team memberships use the QSECDEF platform as the primary touchpoint, Industry membership extends into closed briefings, in-person events, structured introductions, and joint content production — most of which happen outside the public platform.
The engagement is shaped around your programme
What every Industry engagement includes as a baseline
- Named relationship lead at QSECDEF across your entire programme
- Access to the full practitioner network and Expert member directory
- Editorial calendar integration for content and thought leadership
- Event and webinar scheduling within the QSECDEF programme
- Closed briefing access and structured ecosystem introductions
- Sector-specific quantum intelligence and regulatory digest
- Scope, deliverables, cadence, and commercial structure configured to your organisation
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 Industry 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 start the conversation?
Ready to start the conversation?
Whichever route fits your organisation, the conversation starts the same way: a 30-minute scoping call with the QSECDEF team to understand your quantum exposure and what good looks like for your programme.
Vendors
For quantum technology vendors building the market. Conversations start with a scoping call.
Speak to our teamEcosystem Partnership
For national ecosystems, security ecosystems, and event organisers. We build the engagement around your existing programme.
Speak to our teamIndustry On-Ramp
For end-user organisations in critical infrastructure. Scope shaped to your organisation's quantum exposure.
Speak to our teamIndustry membership is by invitation. We respond to every scoping request within two business days.
Common questions
Before you get started
Why is Industry membership by invitation only?
Industry engagements are bespoke. The scope, deliverables, cadence, and commercial structure are configured to your organisation's role in the quantum ecosystem. A scoping call is how we learn what good looks like for your team — there is no off-the-shelf bundle that maps to it.
How long does the conversation typically take from first call to engagement live?
Most Industry engagements move from first scoping call to live engagement in 3 to 8 weeks. Vendor and ecosystem routes are usually faster (existing programme integration). End-user Industry On-Ramp engagements take longer because they involve mapping across multiple internal stakeholders.
Do you sign NDAs and bespoke commercial agreements?
Yes. Every Industry engagement runs under signed commercial terms tailored to the scope, including NDA, IP, data handling, and exit clauses. Standard frameworks available on request.
Can we white-label QSECDEF content for our own channels?
Vendor and Ecosystem Partnership tiers include co-branded and white-label content arrangements where the editorial integrity and the QSECDEF neutrality test are preserved. We will not produce vendor marketing copy under the QSECDEF byline.
How is Industry membership different from Sponsorship or Advisory engagement?
Sponsorship is transactional — buying placement at a specific event or in a specific publication. Advisory is an external services engagement — we deliver a defined piece of work. Industry membership is a continuous relationship in which sponsorship, advisory, content production, ecosystem connections, and event participation are all configured against a single annual programme.