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Quantum computing has the potential to transform the world. Unlike today's computers, quantum computers could solve incredibly complex problems in minutes—or even seconds. They could accelerate breakthroughs in areas like drug discovery, scientific research, and artificial intelligence. But the technology also comes with significant risks. A powerful quantum computer could threaten many of the systems we rely on every day, including online banking, email security, AI platforms, national defense, and billions of dollars in cryptocurrency.
One of the biggest concerns is Q-Day, the point at which quantum computers become powerful enough to break the most widely used encryption standards. If that happens, much of the data protected by modern cryptography could become vulnerable. Another growing threat is known as "harvest now, decrypt later," where bad actors collect encrypted data today with the expectation that future quantum computers will be able to decrypt it.
While many technology companies are beginning to adopt post-quantum cryptography, most public blockchains remain exposed to these emerging threats. To address this challenge, 01 Quantum Inc. (TSXV: ONE) (OTCQB: OONEF) recently filed a U.S. patent application for its Quantum DeFi Wrapper (QDW), a technology designed to help protect decentralized finance (DeFi) applications from future quantum computing attacks.
Other companies racing to defend against quantum computing threats include Okta Inc. (NASDAQ: OKTA), Check Point Software (NASDAQ: CHKP), Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW), and Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT).
01 Quantum Inc. and Carleton University To Collaborate with NC
01 Quantum Inc., one of the first-to-market, enterprise level cybersecurity providers for the quantum computing era, Carleton University and the National Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection, Security and Resilience today announced a strategic research collaboration to study, stress-test, and evaluate defensive technologies against modern artificial intelligence systems that can unintentionally reveal sensitive information and how advanced Post-Quantum Cryptography can prevent it.
This partnership marks an important step in accelerating the deployment of 01 Quantum’s PQC and Fully Homomorphic Encryption solutions. The project will simulate a realistic financial institution environment where multiple AI agents work together on tasks such as fraud detection and customer risk assessment. By exposing the inherent vulnerabilities in existing AI models, where agents frequently exchange sensitive customer data in plain text, the project is intended to provide the independent research insights required to assist enterprises in their evaluation of 01 Quantum’s encrypted AI architecture.
The study focuses on “membership inference”, where an outside party can statistically determine whether a particular customer record was part of a model’s training data. This is a high-value vulnerability for financial institutions, government agencies, and the defense sector as it demonstrates an urgent, unaddressed requirement for the type of privacy-preserving technologies 01 Quantum is bringing to market.
The first phase of the project will quantify data-leakage from a standard, non‑encrypted AI system. A later phase will test an encryption compatible model component to demonstrate the potential applicability of FHE as the solution to help close that privacy gap.
This initiative is positioned to capture increased attention from the shifting regulatory landscape. On June 22, 2026, President Trump issued an Executive Order (The PQC Order) directing U.S. federal agencies to accelerate preparations for quantum‑enabled cybersecurity threats. This order highlights the NIST approved standards 01 Quantum is positioning itself to fulfill. According to public text of the Order, the President stated that quantum computing poses a strategic risk to current widely used cryptographic systems. The Order instructed agencies to:
- identify systems that rely on encryption vulnerable to future quantum computers,
- prioritize migration to quantum‑resistant cryptographic standards, and
- coordinate with industry partners to ensure continuity of secure operations.
The Order also highlighted the risk that adversaries may “harvest encrypted data today for decryption when quantum capabilities mature,” underscoring the need for data-in-use protection technologies during processing such as those offered by 01 Quantum.
This Executive Order is relevant to the goals of the 01 Quantum–Carleton–NC‑CIPSeR project, which aims to quantify privacy leakage in plaintext AI systems and demonstrate how encrypted AI models may mitigate these risks
Executive Commentary:
Andrew Cheung, CEO of 01 Quantum, stated: “AI systems are now embedded in financial services, government operations, and national‑security environments. Yet many still process sensitive information in plain text, creating avoidable exposure. President Trump’s recent Executive Order underscores the importance of protecting critical infrastructure from emerging cryptographic threats. We expect this research partnership to give us independent, academically validated evidence to further prove the efficacy of our technology and solution stack, reinforcing our belief that encrypted AI should become essential infrastructure in the years ahead.”
Prof. Perry Steckly, Principal Investigator at Carleton University, added: “This project allows us to study real‑world security and privacy challenges in technologies being deployed by critical infrastructure in Canada right now. By quantifying the vulnerabilities in modern AI models, we can help institutions understand the risks and evaluate technologies designed to mitigate them.”
Other related developments from around the markets include:
Okta is expanding its collaboration with Google Cloud opens in a new tab to bring together best-of-breed identity, cloud, and productivity solutions that help joint customers strengthen security and resilience across their AI-powered workforce. Through new integrations between Okta and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and Chrome Enterprise, the companies are extending enterprise-grade security and identity governance to AI agents while protecting users, access, and devices across browser-based work. With enterprises deploying more AI agents and embedding AI into everyday workflows, they need the ability to secure and govern agents in a similar way to how human identities are managed today. At the same time, organizations must evolve their internal security architectures to reflect that modern work is increasingly browser-based. The urgency is reflected in today’s landscape: Modern work is evolving quickly as AI becomes a routine part of the workplace, with 92% of executives reporting moderate or widespread use of AI agents, yet only 34% of organizations applying the same security controls to them as to human workers. Identity-based attacks, such as session hijacking, are surging, with a 127% year-over-year increase opens in a new tab,2 as attackers steal the 'post-auth' session tokens stored in the browser.
Check Point Software, a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally, announced that it will release its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026, on Thursday, July 30, 2026, before the U.S. financial markets open. Management will host a video conference call with the investment community at 8:30 AM EST/5:30 AM PST on July 30, 2026. A live video webcast of the call will be hosted on the company’s website.
Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, announced its intent to acquire Embrace, a leading provider of user-focused observability, to add high-fidelity Real User Monitoring (RUM) capabilities to the Palo Alto Networks Observability platform. Palo Alto Networks is also introducing Synthetics, a new capability built with its world-class Autonomous Digital Experience Management (ADEM) team, for proactively validating application performance from anywhere. These new capabilities will extend Palo Alto Networks Observability to Digital Experience Monitoring. Customers will gain a complete, unified view, from end-user interactions and proactive app validation to backend software and infrastructure, all on the industry's leading, innovative, cost-effective platform. Modern applications are increasingly complex and autonomous, and organizations need full performance visibility to ensure reliability. Legacy tools are fragmented, cost-prohibitive, and frequently miss when a user's experience is broken. Embrace's proven RUM capabilities are built for modern environments, allowing customers to deliver applications that scale at the pace of AI. Synthetics will leverage Palo Alto Networks' globally distributed infrastructure to proactively validate application availability and performance from strategic locations across the globe. With these new capabilities, organizations will be able to: Eliminate blind spots: Monitor user experiences and infrastructure health through a single interface to help ensure user-facing applications and workflows are seamlessly executing without introducing hidden digital issues. Prevent revenue impacting downtime: Combine Embrace's advanced monitoring with Palo Alto Networks' deep data analytics, to quickly pinpoint and resolve complex performance issues, protecting revenue and brand reputation. Catch problems before any user does: Palo Alto Networks' Observability platform and ADEM deliver a complete view of digital experience by catching issues before they impact both customers and employees.
Fortinet announced new capabilities for its unified endpoint platform, FortiEndpoint, designed to help organizations securely adopt AI, protect sensitive data, and reduce risk. By bringing AI visibility and control, native data security, endpoint risk scoring, and FortiAI-assisted operations into FortiEndpoint, Fortinet enables security teams to better govern AI usage, reduce sensitive data exposure, enforce risk-aware access, and simplify security operations across distributed environments. “Organizations need a simpler and more effective way to manage security as their environments become more complex and AI-enabled,” said Michael Xie, Founder, President, and CTO. “The Fortinet Security Fabric is designed to converge critical security and networking functions across the enterprise, helping customers reduce complexity, improve visibility, and strengthen protection. With FortiEndpoint, we are extending that strategy by consolidating security, secure access, data security, AI visibility, and assisted operations in a unified endpoint platform, delivered through one agent, one console, and one license.”
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