Give your board a governed position on quantum

Quantum is moving from research into regulation, procurement, and the boardroom. We help regulated businesses take a clear, governed position on it: where it could help or disrupt you, what the emerging rules and standards require, and how to manage the risks, of which your cryptography is only the most time-sensitive. The same discipline we bring to AI: governance built into the architecture, not bolted on.

Most regulated businesses have no governed position on quantum

Quantum technology is moving from the laboratory into regulation, customer security reviews, supplier roadmaps, and vendor pitches faster than most boards can track. Yet in most regulated organisations there is no owner, no agreed posture, and no reliable way to separate genuine signal from hype. The point of governance is to let you decide early, while the choices are still open, rather than react once the technology is entrenched.

No clear view of where, or whether, quantum could help or disrupt your business, and no basis to choose between acting, piloting, and waiting; vendor claims are hard to test against the real maturity of the technology.

A widening rulebook to track, from the proposed EU Quantum Act and national strategies to technical standards, dual-use and export controls, and sector resilience rules.

A risk register that does not yet reflect quantum, including its most time-sensitive item, data that can be harvested now and decrypted later, alongside vendor lock-in, supply-chain exposure, and claims you cannot independently verify.

Quantum sits between strategy, security, procurement, legal, and the board, so in practice no single function owns it and decisions get made by default.

What we deliver

Quantum posture & strategy

Where quantum could help, disrupt, or simply not matter for your business, assessed against the real maturity of the technology rather than vendor hype. A clear act, pilot, or wait decision for each relevant use case, with a costed watching brief for the rest.

Regulatory & standards horizon scanning

Track and translate the emerging quantum rulebook into obligations that actually apply to you: the proposed EU Quantum Act and national strategies, technical standards and benchmarking, and the dual-use and export-control dimension.

Quantum risk assessment

Put quantum on your risk register with impact and likelihood you can defend. We cover cryptographic exposure, the harvest-now-decrypt-later threat to long-lived data, alongside vendor lock-in, supply-chain dependencies, and the assurance gap around results you cannot easily verify.

Vendor & procurement assurance

Evaluate quantum and quantum-safe vendors, cut through the hype, build quantum-readiness requirements into procurement, and avoid lock-in. We assess supplier roadmaps and the claims behind them.

Cryptographic resilience roadmap

Where confidentiality lifetimes make it urgent, a discovery-first cryptographic inventory and a phased, crypto-agility-led migration plan, aligned to DORA, NIS2, and PCI DSS 4.0. One workstream inside the wider quantum picture, not the whole of it.

Governance & board ownership

Stand up a single quantum posture and clear ownership across security, architecture, procurement, legal, and the board, with governance embedded in the system and continuously monitored rather than captured in a document that dates on day one.

How it works

A typical first engagement runs 4–8 weeks to a governed quantum posture. An ongoing watching brief and review continue from there.

01

Orientation

1–2 weeks

Understand the business, its regulatory exposure, and where quantum could plausibly matter. Establish who currently owns the question, which is usually no one.

02

Horizon & Risk Mapping

2–3 weeks

Map the emerging rules and standards that apply to you, and build the quantum risk register, including cryptographic exposure where data lifetimes make it urgent.

03

Posture & Roadmap

1–2 weeks

An act, pilot, or wait decision for each relevant use case, a prioritised set of actions, and a costed plan, built around your strategy and release cadence.

04

Governance & Ownership

Stand up the operating model: a single posture, clear ownership across functions, and reporting lines, with governance designed into the architecture rather than bolted on.

05

Watching Brief & Review

Keep the posture current as standards, regulation, and the technology mature, with periodic review and continuous monitoring rather than a one-off report.

Who this is for

Boards and risk committees who need a credible, governed position on quantum rather than a reactive one

Regulated firms whose customers, regulators, or auditors are starting to ask about quantum readiness

CISOs, CTOs, and heads of architecture who need to brief leadership and cut through quantum vendor hype

Procurement and vendor-risk teams seeing quantum and quantum-safe claims appear in supplier roadmaps

Investors and acquirers assessing quantum exposure, or a quantum bet, inside a target

Compliance and legal teams tracking the EU Quantum Act, standards, and dual-use controls as they form

Why us

Legal
Qualified in law and technology,
with published regulation research
Regulated
Consulting delivered across
Law and Life Sciences
Architecture
Governance embedded in the system,
the same thesis we apply to AI
Evidence
Discovery-first: an honest assessment
before any quantum decision

Frequently asked questions

Where does quantum sit on your strategy and your risk register?

Whether the prompt is a customer security review, a new regulation, a supplier’s roadmap, or a board question you cannot yet answer, we help you form a clear, governed position, and tell you honestly what needs action now and what can wait.