Excellence in Software Protection, Licensing, and Cybersecurity

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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