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A Cryptopocalypse in Brussels?
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Quantum computing is no longer a theoretical threat – It’s a strategic reality.
In this episode, originally produced by The Quantum Space, we dive into one of Europe’s most pressing digital challenges: how to secure trust, sovereignty, and competitiveness in the post-quantum era.
Host Anna Keller speaks with Steve Atkins, Publisher and Editor of The Quantum Space and co-author together with Wibu-Systems of the whitepaper Sovereign by Design: How Europe Can Secure Its Digital Future in the Post-Quantum Age. The conversation builds on the high-level expert roundtable moderated by Atkins at Wibu-Systems’ INNO DAYS, bringing together voices from academia, semiconductor manufacturing, enterprise software, and cybersecurity.
Together, they explore:
- Why the transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) is a today problem, not a future one
- The real risks behind “harvest now, decrypt later” attacks and long-term data exposure
- Europe’s coordinated roadmap for PQC migration, and what it means for industry
- Digital sovereignty as more than regulation: a combination of technology, governance, and execution
- Why secure software protection and licensing are foundational to Europe’s innovation economy
- How regulation such as the Cyber Resilience Act can become a competitive advantage, or a bottleneck
The episode also features insights from the INNO DAYS roundtable, including perspectives from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Infineon Technologies, SAP, and Wibu-Systems, highlighting how post-quantum readiness, secure licensing, and trusted execution environments intersect in real industrial deployments.
This episode reframes quantum security not just as a cybersecurity challenge, but as a core pillar of Europe’s digital and economic sovereignty, where trust is not promised, but engineered.
🎧 Credits & origin
This episode was first aired on The Quantum Space Podcast – Innovating Trust and is republished here with authorization. Editorial concept and original production by The Quantum Space, in collaboration with Wibu-Systems.
📄 Further reading
The whitepaper Sovereign by Design: How Europe Can Secure Its Digital Future in the Post-Quantum Age is available for free via The Quantum Space.
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