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.