Training and certification
Learn how quantum technology affects critical infrastructure and cybersecurity, from your first module to a recognised certificate. Choose a course below, study at your own pace, and join more than 1,500 community members building capabilities in Quantum technologies.
Membership
Four ways to learn and build credentials in deep technology cyber security, but there are many benefits of QSECDEF, all covered by one membership for companies or individuals.
Who it is forThis ten part bootcamp is for executives, decision-makers, risk and security teams, product and innovation leads that need to understand what Quantum is and why it matters to business.
Module 1 free to trial. Members can earn the CQBP credential.
Anna Beata Kalisz Hedegaard
Chief Executive Officer, QSECDEF
About 22 hours10 modules, 20 recorded lectures, own pace
Who it is forThis ten part leadership bootcamp is for cybersecurity professionals and security architects, AI, data and technology leaders, governance, risk and compliance professionals, programme managers and PQC practitioners who need to connect AI security, enterprise risk, organisational resilience and post-quantum readiness.
Live sessions free to attend. Members can earn the CASRP credential.
Anna Beata Kalisz Hedegaard
Chief Executive Officer, QSECDEF
About 22 hours10 weeks, 20 live lectures, Tuesdays 16:30 CET from 1 December 2026
Who it is forCybersecurity teams, technology leaders, procurement and policy staff, and researchers. No quantum physics required. Rapid five hour certification designed to bring teams up to speed.
Certificate issued by QSECDEF. Module 1 free to try.
Anna Beata Kalisz Hedegaard
Chief Executive Officer, QSECDEF
Who it is forBlockchain developers, security teams, investors and fund managers, policy and compliance staff wanting to understand the risk to digital assets.
Certificate issued by QSECDEF.
Anna Beata Kalisz Hedegaard
Chief Executive Officer, QSECDEF
Who it is forAnyone building quantum literacy: practitioners, researchers and industry leaders. Covers PQC, QKD, QRNG, quantum computing, AI and satellites. A full back catalogue of all previous lectures from world experts.
Full archive included. New live lecture every week.
About 40 minutes eachWatch what you need, when you need it
Marc KaplanOpen-Source Quantum Communication Systems
Owen O'DonnellContinuous Testing for Post-Quantum Cryptography
Ashish JanghelPost-Quantum Authorisation for D-Apps
Ignazio PedoneCloud Security in the Post-Quantum Era
Cierra ChoucairQKD vs PQC: Market Trends
Vinay KumarQuantum Internet and Routing Protocols
Dr Erik BeckertPackaging for Photonic Quantum Systems
Egon AstraUser Experience with BB84 QKD Devices
Adrian NealOTP-Grade Irreversibility in EncryptionBenefit from the best deep tech community on the internet. A flat peer network, cross disciplined, cross industry, cross culture of professionals ensuring quantum technology adoption is safe for our society.
A modern movement of real people, 1500+ QSECDEF members represent more than 900 enterprise organisations, academic centres, research centres and cyber organisations in more than 40 countries that are sharing critical information on QSECDEF.
Membership provides a continuous weekly education on quantum and the opportunity to engage in community discussions and access our entire back catalogue of recorded lectures from industry experts. Members also benefit from discounts for events, partner certificated courses and access to a global community working together to deploy and deliver a safe quantum future.
Live, instructor-led programmes with our partners. Members pay less on every seat.
Your instructor Argus Advisory LLC, New York
Who it is forSecurity architects, PKI and identity leads, CISOs and risk officers, defence and government suppliers.
10 hours live onlineOver 5 weeks
Maximum 18Small live cohort
January 2027
$1,450per seat
Members pay $1,087.50
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How it works
Choose monthly or yearly. Cancel within 7 days for a full refund.
Start any included course straight away, online, whenever suits you.
Complete a course and receive your QSECDEF certificate.
Membership puts the courses, the lecture library, the weekly call and the people behind them in one place, with 25% off partner training and events.
Your membership includes the introductory quantum cyber security and quantum resilient blockchain courses, plus the Business Bootcamp. Each ends in a certificate, so your team can study at its own pace and show what it completed.
See the courses
More than 170 lectures from practising experts sit in the member library. Topics run from post-quantum cryptography and QKD to sensing, PNT and quantum business. Watch when your diary allows, then return to the ones you need.
Browse the lectures
We commit to publishing a new training course every 90 days, so the programme keeps pace with the field. Your membership covers each one as it goes live, with no extra fee for the course.
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Members save 25% on partner training and certifications, including the CPQCPM Post Quantum Cryptography Programme Manager certification. The discount applies at booking, so the saving comes before you pay.
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Members receive invitations to our in-person events, including our London, Amsterdam and Berlin events, plus private members-only briefings and priority access to the QSECDEF members’ symposium 2027 in Paris.
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Every Tuesday at 3pm CET, a practitioner presents a live topic and takes questions. Members get priority access to the call and the recorded archive afterwards, so a missed week is never lost.
Join Tuesday's call
Join 1,500+ members across 40+ countries and 900+ organisations. The community directory and learning management system are open for you instantly on membership, so you know whose profile to open when you need a second opinion.
Meet the experts
Partner events cost members 25% less. Membership also brings discounted rates on in-house workshops and priority access to QSECDEF annual events, including the Paris Symposium.
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Quantum security is decided by people. Ask your question live on Tuesday's call, put it to a speaker at a members' briefing, or shake hands at the London and Paris events. A human answers.
See how we meet
Members work in more than 40 countries. The 2026 symposium speakers came from NATO STO, the European Commission, Nokia, Rheinmetall and MBDA. See which organisations sit in the network.
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