VANCOUVER, BC — January 29, 2026 — Leads & Copy —
The Pentagon’s cyber funding is increasing to $15.1 billion in the 2026 budget as defense leaders aim to build quantum-resilient systems to counter AI-driven hacks and decryption threats.
Quantum Secure Encryption Corp. (QSE) (CSE: QSE) (OTCQB: QSEGF) (FSE: VN8) joins companies like IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) and Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) subsidiary Google Cloud to become essential nodes in the sovereign security architecture connecting quantum-resistant cryptography, AI-hardened defense platforms, and mission-grade compute infrastructure.
Security analysts warn that organizations delaying post-quantum cryptography adoption risk retroactive decryption of today’s encrypted data, forcing immediate migration strategies that prioritize cryptographic agility. The Pentagon’s 2026 AI strategy declares this year will “emphatically raise the bar for Military AI Dominance”, directing substantial compute infrastructure expansion and accelerated deployment of AI-native defense capabilities that require quantum-resilient encryption as the foundational security layer.
QSE has joined the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI), positioning the post-quantum security company within Canada’s defence and security ecosystem. CADSI represents more than 900 Canadian companies across defence, security, cybersecurity, aerospace, and advanced technologies.
According to QSE CEO Ted Carefoot, defence and government stakeholders are actively evaluating deployable post-quantum controls. The company’s focus in FY26 is to convert public-sector engagement into paid pilots and scaled deployments that can contribute to recurring revenue.
The CADSI announcement follows QSE’s recent announcement of its participation in the World Defense Show 2026 in Saudi Arabia this February as part of the official Canadian Delegation. International momentum continues through a strategic partnership with NUSA Networks and Porta Nusa, securing immediate access to Indonesia’s government, financial services, and enterprise sectors.
NUSA Networks, one of Indonesia’s premier system integrators with over 150 major projects completed, effectively fast-tracks QSE technology into critical national infrastructure. The technology platform is market-ready and certified. QSE holds Level 2 Certification under the CyberSecure Canada program, while the QSE Group division maintains a distributor agreement with Enzo Plus representing these technologies across 300 channel partners in Southeast Asia.
The qREK Software Development Kit allows enterprises to generate quantum-resilient encryption keys backed by authentic quantum entropy, supporting AES, RSA, and NIST-recommended post-quantum algorithms. QSE also captures the secure communications market with QSE-Chat, a mobile application available on Apple and Google platforms for enterprise clients.
With the global post-quantum cryptography market projected to reach $17.69 billion by 2034 and backed by a recent C$2.8 million financing round, QSE is fully funded and operationally ready to execute on its global expansion roadmap throughout 2026.
In other industry developments, IonQ has completed acquisition of Skyloom Global Corp., a developer of lightwave-optics technology. Booz Allen Hamilton has announced availability of Vellox Reverser, a malware reverse engineering and threat intelligence product. Palo Alto Networks and Alphabet Inc. subsidiary Google Cloud announced an agreement combining Google Cloud’s AI infrastructure with Prisma AIRS.
Source: Quantum Secure Encryption Corp.
