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The Quantum Security Briefing Your Peers Already Read
QSECDEF members receive advance notice of new tooling, deep dive vendor capabilities, members only events, and access to the most comprehensive practitioners library online. The organisations shaping national quantum security policy are already represented. If you advise on procurement, policy, or infrastructure resilience, this is where that conversation starts.
More than 1200 members from 40+ countries, including Five Eyes governments, NATO member institutions, and the leading quantum vendors are already members.
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Quantum Threats Are Not Waiting. Neither Should You.
The transition to post-quantum cryptography is already underway in government and critical infrastructure. QSECDEF tracks it in real time: new vendor capabilities, regulatory developments, and procurement intelligence, curated for the professionals responsible for getting it right. Decisions made without this context carry risk. Membership removes that risk.
Security professionals from defence ministries, central banks, and Fortune 500 CISOs are current members.
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The Quantum Security Briefing Your Peers Already Read
QSECDEF members receive advance notice of new tooling, deep dive vendor capabilities, members only events, and access to the most comprehensive practitioners library online. The organisations shaping national quantum security policy are already represented. If you advise on procurement, policy, or infrastructure resilience, this is where that conversation starts.
More than 1200 members from 40+ countries, including Five Eyes governments, NATO member institutions, and the leading quantum vendors are already members.
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Quantum capability is arriving in parts, not all at once. Post-quantum cryptography is now a near-term requirement. Quantum communications is shifting from pilots to procurement. Early-stage quantum compute is already challenging assumptions in R&D, optimisation, and security.
We turn that complexity into a coherent, executable plan. No hype. No wasted budget. Backed by a global community of verified, peer-reviewed expertise.
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Our Approach
Data, Experience, and Foresight
Most advisers tell you what is true today. As a membership body with over 1,200 active professionals, we help you prepare for what changes tomorrow. Quantum programmes rarely fail because the maths is hard. They fail because organisations are. Competing priorities, unclear ownership, and decision fatigue can stall good technical work. We pair technical rigour with practical delivery.
Data analysis
What is in your environment, where dependencies sit, and what is exposed to near-term and long-term quantum risk.
Field experience
What typically breaks in migrations, pilots, procurement processes, and governance. Pattern recognition that textbooks do not carry.
Foresight
Standards direction, adversary incentives, vendor trajectories, and second-order impacts. We help you avoid the decisions you will regret in two years.
Advisory Services
Four Areas of Technical Depth
Each advisory area has its own team of verified specialists drawn from the QSECDEF membership. Engagements are scoped to your situation, not templated.
Post-Quantum Cryptography
PQC
Protect against harvest-now, decrypt-later risk and long data lifetimes. We map cryptography across products, infrastructure, vendors, and data flows. Then we help prioritise upgrades across PKI, identity, VPN, TLS, code signing, firmware, and supply chains, and build a phased migration roadmap aligned to current standards and compliance expectations.
Cryptographic inventory across all environments
Prioritised upgrade roadmap by risk and feasibility
Governance and reporting that are board-credible and audit-ready
Alignment to NIST and evolving compliance frameworks
Outcome: A staged PQC programme your teams can execute.
Quantum Communications and QKD
QKD
Quantum-secure communications is an ecosystem, not a single product. QKD, key management, optical networks, trusted nodes, and operational constraints all interact. We support use-case selection, architecture design combining QKD and PQC, vendor evaluation, and pilot design with measurable success criteria.
Use-case selection: where QKD fits and where it does not
Architecture design: QKD plus PQC together, not either/or
Vendor and network evaluation including lifecycle cost
Stakeholder alignment across security, telecoms, and leadership
Outcome: A quantum communications strategy that scales beyond pilots.
Early-Stage Quantum Compute
Quantum Compute
Quantum compute capability is uneven today, yet it is already relevant for R&D positioning, capability building, and credible opportunity discovery. We help identify genuine quantum value opportunities, choose the right engagement model, and build a staged roadmap from exploration to measurable outcomes.
Genuine quantum value identification and noise filtering
Engagement model selection: PoCs, partnerships, or internal capability
Staged roadmap from exploration to measurable outcomes
Vendor lock-in avoidance and dead-end experiment prevention
Outcome: A sensible compute pathway that builds advantage without burning cycles.
Integrated Quantum Roadmap
Integrated Strategy
Many organisations end up with scattered initiatives: a PQC task force here, a QKD pilot there, a quantum compute thread somewhere else. We bring them together into one coherent strategy connecting security, communications, and compute, so leadership has a single investment logic and measurable progress.
Outcome: One clear story, one investment logic, one programme.
What You Get
Concrete Outputs, Not Slide Decks
Every engagement ends with something your team can act on. Not a report that sits in a drawer.
A unified Quantum Security and Capability Roadmap covering PQC, QKD/communications, and compute
A prioritised action plan tied to risk, feasibility, and value
Pilot designs that are measurable and scalable beyond initial trials
Stakeholder alignment, governance, and reporting that stand up to scrutiny
We connect you with relevant experts and delivery capability in more than 40 countries. We have 60 expert company members globally employing more than 5,000 security practitioners, and more than 1,200 professional members working together to make a world with Advanced AI and Quantum Technologies safer and more secure.
Dr Michael Murphy is a seasoned product and technology expert with over a decade of experience in tech startups. As Deputy CTO at Arqit he leads the technology strategy for its range of post-quantum security solutions.…
Adam McElroy brings over 25 years of security leadership experience to his role as Chief Storytelling Officer for Eclypses. His role at the company is to bring the voice of the customer into all dimensions of the firm…
Giampaolo has over 30 years of experience in Aerospace and Telco Industries. As CTO of Network Infrastructures in Nokia, today Giampaolo is responsible for Thought Leadership and Business Development in Europe with…
Responsible for marketing, strategy and new product introductions in VIAVI Solutions ’s Wireless Business Unit, with a particular emphasis on virtualized 5G radio access, core network and PQC Performance testing (TeraVM…
Marin Ivezic is the founder of Applied Quantum, a consulting firm dedicated to helping organizations prepare for the opportunities and threats of quantum technology. Former quantum entrepreneur, he previously led…
Dr. José Ramón Martínez Saavedra is the VP of Innovation at Quside, where he leads the development of high-performance quantum random number generation (QRNG) technologies. A physicist with a PhD in Photonics from ICFO…
Dr Spencer is one of the world’s leading authorities on quantum technology, with a defence-sector background that has shaped the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme and influenced international roadmaps and…
Bill Wisotsky serves as the Principal Quantum Systems Architect within Research and Development at SAS and leads initiatives to integrate quantum computing into applied real-world business solutions. In this role he…
Dr. Ingo Baumann is a founding partner of BHO Legal. a boutique technology law firm based in Cologne, Germany. He specializes in national, European and international high technology projects, mostly in the space…
Jose is a systems engineer with a knack for making quantum technologies work, in the real world and in space. He played a key role in shaping the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI) User Requirements…
Maksym Plakhotnyuk is the CEO and Founder of ATLANT 3D, a pioneering deep- tech company at the forefront of innovation, developing the world’s most advanced atomic-scale manufacturing platform. Maksym is the inventor of…
Chuck serves as President of Brooks Consulting International with over 25 years of experience in cybersecurity, emerging technologies, marketing, business development, and government relations. He also as an Adjunct…
Dr Amara Graps is a Latvian American award-winning scientist with a PhD in Physics from the University of Heidelberg. Amara has a background in Astronomy and Planetary Science and Quantum Technologies with companies…
Professor Julian Richards is a leading expert in intelligence, security, and counter-terrorism, with over three decades of experience across government and academia. Before joining the University of Buckingham as…
Greg Skulmoski is an award-winning project manager having led projects in Australia, the Middle East, and Canada. Greg’s innovative use of project management tools and processes won the CISO 2017 Middle East Security…
André Xuereb is a full professor of quantum physics at the University of Malta, where he established the quantum research group, and Founder & CEO of Merqury Cybersecurity. He read for an undergraduate degree in…
Francis Gorman is an accomplished cybersecurity professional, Principal Security Architect at Bank of Ireland and host of the Entropy Podcast. With a proven track record in security consultancy, cloud security…
Per Nyberg is the Chief Commercial Officer at ORCA Computing. As CCO, he is responsible for leading global commercial and growth strategies. Per has three decades of experience in the development of market strategy and…
Alain Chancé is Président MolKet SAS, founder and CEO Quantalain SASU and Alainquant LLC, business management consulting startups. Alain has been co-speaker "Simulating quantum molecular dynamics with Julia" at…
Niklas is managing director at JoS Quantum with an academic background in physics and industry expertise in finance and risk management. JoSQ develops software and algorithms for quantum computers and advises companies,…
Mateusz Ozimek is a Polish physicist finishing his PhD in the field of complex systems physics. He currently works as an R&D expert at EXATEL, the Polish telecommunications operator. He is part of the team working on…
Sylwia Barthel de Weydenthal is an accomplished professional with a diverse background in marketing, communications, and business development. Sylwia is currently the Chief Commercial Officer at IQM Quantum Computers.…
Dr Michael Murphy is a seasoned product and technology expert with over a decade of experience in tech startups. As Deputy CTO at Arqit he leads the technology strategy for its range of post-quantum security solutions.…
Adam McElroy brings over 25 years of security leadership experience to his role as Chief Storytelling Officer for Eclypses. His role at the company is to bring the voice of the customer into all dimensions of the firm…
Giampaolo has over 30 years of experience in Aerospace and Telco Industries. As CTO of Network Infrastructures in Nokia, today Giampaolo is responsible for Thought Leadership and Business Development in Europe with…
Responsible for marketing, strategy and new product introductions in VIAVI Solutions ’s Wireless Business Unit, with a particular emphasis on virtualized 5G radio access, core network and PQC Performance testing (TeraVM…
Marin Ivezic is the founder of Applied Quantum, a consulting firm dedicated to helping organizations prepare for the opportunities and threats of quantum technology. Former quantum entrepreneur, he previously led…
Dr. José Ramón Martínez Saavedra is the VP of Innovation at Quside, where he leads the development of high-performance quantum random number generation (QRNG) technologies. A physicist with a PhD in Photonics from ICFO…
Dr Spencer is one of the world’s leading authorities on quantum technology, with a defence-sector background that has shaped the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme and influenced international roadmaps and…
Bill Wisotsky serves as the Principal Quantum Systems Architect within Research and Development at SAS and leads initiatives to integrate quantum computing into applied real-world business solutions. In this role he…
Dr. Ingo Baumann is a founding partner of BHO Legal. a boutique technology law firm based in Cologne, Germany. He specializes in national, European and international high technology projects, mostly in the space…
Jose is a systems engineer with a knack for making quantum technologies work, in the real world and in space. He played a key role in shaping the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI) User Requirements…
Maksym Plakhotnyuk is the CEO and Founder of ATLANT 3D, a pioneering deep- tech company at the forefront of innovation, developing the world’s most advanced atomic-scale manufacturing platform. Maksym is the inventor of…
Chuck serves as President of Brooks Consulting International with over 25 years of experience in cybersecurity, emerging technologies, marketing, business development, and government relations. He also as an Adjunct…
Dr Amara Graps is a Latvian American award-winning scientist with a PhD in Physics from the University of Heidelberg. Amara has a background in Astronomy and Planetary Science and Quantum Technologies with companies…
Professor Julian Richards is a leading expert in intelligence, security, and counter-terrorism, with over three decades of experience across government and academia. Before joining the University of Buckingham as…
Greg Skulmoski is an award-winning project manager having led projects in Australia, the Middle East, and Canada. Greg’s innovative use of project management tools and processes won the CISO 2017 Middle East Security…
André Xuereb is a full professor of quantum physics at the University of Malta, where he established the quantum research group, and Founder & CEO of Merqury Cybersecurity. He read for an undergraduate degree in…
Francis Gorman is an accomplished cybersecurity professional, Principal Security Architect at Bank of Ireland and host of the Entropy Podcast. With a proven track record in security consultancy, cloud security…
Per Nyberg is the Chief Commercial Officer at ORCA Computing. As CCO, he is responsible for leading global commercial and growth strategies. Per has three decades of experience in the development of market strategy and…
Alain Chancé is Président MolKet SAS, founder and CEO Quantalain SASU and Alainquant LLC, business management consulting startups. Alain has been co-speaker "Simulating quantum molecular dynamics with Julia" at…
Niklas is managing director at JoS Quantum with an academic background in physics and industry expertise in finance and risk management. JoSQ develops software and algorithms for quantum computers and advises companies,…
Mateusz Ozimek is a Polish physicist finishing his PhD in the field of complex systems physics. He currently works as an R&D expert at EXATEL, the Polish telecommunications operator. He is part of the team working on…
Sylwia Barthel de Weydenthal is an accomplished professional with a diverse background in marketing, communications, and business development. Sylwia is currently the Chief Commercial Officer at IQM Quantum Computers.…
If your organisation needs a credible, integrated quantum plan backed by evidence and built to anticipate what comes next, speak to the team. We can start with a readiness assessment or a scoped advisory call.
