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Quantum computing has the potential to transform industries—but it also poses a serious threat to today's digital security, including cryptocurrencies. That creates opportunities for companies such as 01 Quantum Inc. (TSXV: ONE) (OTCQB: OONEF), Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW), CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD), Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA), and SEALSQ Corp. (NASDAQ: LAES).
While excitement around quantum computing continues to grow, so do concerns about its security implications. One of the biggest risks is a strategy known as "harvest now, decrypt later," where hackers collect encrypted data today with the intention of decrypting it once quantum computers become powerful enough to break current encryption standards.
According to AI Magazine, quantum computers could solve certain problems up to 100 million times faster than traditional computers. In one widely cited example, a quantum computer completed a complex calculation in about 200 seconds that would have taken one of the world's fastest supercomputers roughly 10,000 years. This extraordinary computing power could accelerate breakthroughs in drug discovery, artificial intelligence, machine learning, financial modeling, cybersecurity, and next-generation battery technology.
However, the same capabilities that make quantum computing so promising also create significant cybersecurity risks. Once sufficiently advanced, quantum computers could undermine the encryption that protects banking systems, email communications, AI platforms, national defense infrastructure, and billions of dollars in cryptocurrency assets.
The industry refers to this future milestone as "Q-Day"—the point at which quantum computers become capable of breaking widely used encryption methods. As Q-Day approaches, experts warn that organizations face increasing exposure to "harvest now, decrypt later" attacks, making the transition to quantum-resistant security more urgent.
Fortunately, Companies Like 01 Quantum Inc. (TSXV: ONE) (OTCQB: OONEF) Can Help
01 Quantum Inc., one of the first-to-market, enterprise level cybersecurity providers for the quantum computing era, today announced that, effective July 13, 2026, it has entered into a strategic partnership with Crypto4A Technologies Inc. Together, the companies will collaborate on joint marketing initiatives, customer introductions, and industry engagement to help organizations accelerate their transition to quantum‑safe security infrastructure through complimentary software and hardware solutions.
Under this partnership, the companies will work together to identify opportunities where their complimentary expertise can help organizations modernize their cryptographic infrastructure. By combining 01 Quantum’s quantum‑resilient technologies with Crypto4A’s quantum-safe Hardware Security Modules (QxHSM™) and QxVault™ secrets management platform, the companies will jointly support customer education through webinars, events, white papers, case studies, and other collaborative initiatives.
This partnership enhances 01 Quantum’s competitive position, and accelerates its go-to-market strategy. Crypto4A recently achieved general availability for QxVault™ (a hardware-integrated secrets vault built on a quantum-safe HSM), and was recognized in two separate 2026 Gartner® Hype Cycles within the Post-Quantum Cryptography category. 01 Quantum’s hands-on experience in the creation of new and conversion of existing enterprise applications to become quantum-resistant provides a holistic end-to-end post-quantum cryptography (PQC) solution when paired with Crypto4A’s quantum-safe Hardware Security Module (QxHSM™) and QxVault products.
Executive Commentary
Andrew Cheung, CEO of 01 Quantum, stated, “The recent U.S. Executive Order has accelerated the timeline for quantum-safe migration, intersecting with a broader cybersecurity modernization wave that Gartner projects will surpass US$200 billion this decade. This creates an immediate, high-value opportunity as governments and regulated industries demand zero-trust infrastructure, HSM modernization, and long-lived data protection. Our collaboration with Crypto4A ensures we offer a complete, future-proof framework built for this multi-year transition”
Preparing for the quantum era isn't something organizations can tackle in isolation," said Bruno Couillard, CEO and Co-Founder of Crypto4A. "Success requires an ecosystem of complementary technologies and trusted partners. By working alongside 01 Quantum, we're helping organizations better understand how software and hardware work together to build a practical, quantum-safe security foundation. Through joint education and market engagement, we can help accelerate adoption across both public and private sectors.”
Growing Urgency: U.S. Executive Order Accelerates Quantum‑Safe Migration
On June 22, 2026, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order directing U.S. federal agencies to accelerate the adoption of quantum‑resistant cryptographic systems, citing the strategic risk posed by adversaries harvesting encrypted data today for future decryption once quantum capabilities mature. The order requires agencies to migrate high-value federal systems to PQC standards, establishing strict implementation deadlines for key establishment by 2030 and digital signatures by 2031.This Executive Order has further intensified global attention on quantum‑safe readiness, including concerns by the Canadian government, financial institutions, and critical‑infrastructure operators, many of whom maintain cross‑border systems or U.S. regulatory exposure.
Market Size and Opportunity Emergen Research - PQC Market Data
According to Emergen Research, the global PQC market was valued at US $310 million in 2024 and is projected to reach US $2.89 billion by 2034, representing a 25.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the forecast period.
Emergen Research identifies several key factors driving this rapid adoption:
· Rising quantum‑computing threats, including “harvest‑now, decrypt‑later” risks targeting long‑lived encrypted data.
· Government and regulatory mandates, including NIST’s PQC standardization and federal migration requirements.
· High‑value, long‑retention data in financial services, healthcare, government, and defense.
· Expansion of cloud, IoT, and edge systems, increasing demand for quantum‑resistant cryptographic foundations.
· Modernization of cryptographic infrastructure, including HSM refresh cycles and enterprise‑wide key‑management upgrades.
Emergen Research further notes that PQC adoption is accelerating as organizations integrate quantum‑resilient technologies, secure key‑management platforms, and next‑generation cryptographic infrastructure into multi‑year modernization programs.
Other related developments from around the markets include:
Palo Alto Networks, and Deutsche Telekom announced Sovereign Cortex with T Security. This solution brings the Palo Alto Networks Cortex® AI-driven SecOps platform to Europe's most regulated industries, with data sovereignty controls independently governed by Deutsche Telekom. Today's AI-driven threat landscape demands immediate, real time effective cybersecurity. Yet many of Europe's regulated organizations – in healthcare, the public sector, financial services and critical national infrastructure – face a fundamental challenge: adopting cloud-delivered AI security, while meeting Europe's growing sovereignty requirements. Increasingly codified in GDPR, NIS2 and DORA and equivalent European frameworks, these requirements demand demonstrable controls that go beyond data residency: control over who can access data, how it is encrypted, how provider access is audited, and how it is handled in support operations.
CrowdStrike, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), announced new AI, cloud, and Next-Gen SIEM innovations that help organizations securely build, deploy, and operate AI applications and cloud workloads on AWS. CrowdStrike is expanding CrowdStrike Falcon® AI Detection and Response (AIDR) capabilities on AWS, helping organizations identify and mitigate AI runtime risks across AI applications built with AWS technologies including Amazon Bedrock, Kiro, and Strands Agents. CrowdStrike is also expanding CrowdStrike Falcon® platform availability in AWS Marketplace with new 30-day free trials for CrowdStrike Falcon® Next-Gen SIEM, CrowdStrike Falcon® Cloud Security, and CrowdStrike Falcon® Endpoint Security on a pay-as-you-go basis. New Quick Start connectors for Amazon CloudWatch and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) access logs help streamline onboarding and accelerate time-to-value. AWS PrivateLink cross-region support further simplifies cloud-scale security operations on AWS.
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: “Organizations shouldn’t have to choose between the AI and productivity tools their teams want and the security their business requires,” said Ely Kahn, Chief Product Officer, Okta. “Okta and Google are a natural fit because we pair Google’s leading product suite with an identity layer that can work across the entire modern, AI-powered work stack.”
SEALSQ Corp. a company that focuses on developing and selling Semiconductors, PKI, and Post-Quantum technology hardware and software products, and Quobly, a pioneer in silicon-based quantum computing, today announced the signing of a $5 million commercial agreement under which Quobly will integrate SEALSQ quantum-security technologies, secure semiconductor solutions and related engineering and integration services. The agreement represents a significant milestone in the strategic collaboration announced by the two companies in November 2025 and follows SEALSQ's strategic investment in Quobly. It marks the transition from strategic collaboration to commercial deployment as Quobly accelerates the industrialization and commercialization of its silicon-based quantum computing platform following its recent €115 million Series A financing. Under the agreement, SEALSQ will provide Quobly with a portfolio of post-quantum security technologies designed to protect the hardware, control systems, communications infrastructure and trusted execution environments required by next-generation quantum computing platforms.
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