Canadian post-quantum data security company Quantum Secure Encryption Corp (QSE) is making inroads in Southeast Asia, having signed two agreements in Malaysia and Thailand respectively.
Strategic partnership with Pos Digicert in Malaysia
In late August, the company announced it had signed a strategic partnership with Pos Digicert to help Malaysian organizations assess, understand and strengthen their readiness for the transition towards post-quantum cryptography (PQC).
Through the partnership, Pos Digicert and QSE intend to provide Malaysian government agencies, enterprises and regulated organizations with locally supported capabilities to assess their cryptographic environments and develop structured approaches towards post-quantum readiness. Pos Digicert, which is owned by Malaysia’s national postal service, is the country’s first and largest licensed Certification Authority (CA) for creating secure digital identities and issuing digital certificates.
Pos Digicert itself is one of the first Malaysian companies to have integrated PQC into its long-term roadmap, for which it was honoured at the recent Digital Excellence Awards (PDEA) held by PIKOM, the national tech association of Malaysia.
“PQC readiness is becoming a shared responsibility between technology, governance and trusted local ecosystems,” said Ted Carefoot, Chief Executive Officer of QSE. “This partnership brings together two important pieces of that equation. QSE contributes our quantum-readiness technology to help organizations measure and improve their PQC and cryptographic readiness, while Pos Digicert brings deep Malaysian market knowledge, digital trust capabilities, professional expertise and the local infrastructure needed to deliver those capabilities effectively. Together, we can provide Malaysian organizations with both the technology and local expertise required to turn post-quantum readiness from an emerging concern into measurable action.”
“Post-quantum readiness is not simply about replacing one cryptographic algorithm with another,” said Amir Suhaimi Hassan, Chief Operating Officer of Pos Digicert. “It requires organizations to understand where cryptography exists today, what information and systems may be exposed, and how that transition can be managed systematically without compromising trust or operational continuity.”
Hassan continued, “For Pos Digicert, this partnership is a natural extension of what we have been doing for many years – enabling trust in digital transactions. By combining our experience in PKI, digital identity and trusted infrastructure with QSE’s specialised quantum-readiness capabilities, we want to help Malaysian organizations move from awareness of the quantum challenge towards practical and measurable action.”
The partnership is expected to support organizations throughout their post-quantum transition journey, beginning with discovery and readiness assessment, followed by risk prioritization, remediation planning, migration preparation and ongoing monitoring and improvement.
Rather than treating quantum readiness as a one-off technology exercise, Pos Digicert and QSE aim to help organizations develop a structured and sustainable approach to cryptographic resilience.
The two organizations will also work together to develop offerings tailored to the Malaysian market, undertake customer engagements and contribute towards greater awareness and capability development around post-quantum readiness.
Distribution Agreement with Nextwave in Thailand
Last week, QSE also announced a distribution agreement with Nextwave Thailand to bring QSE’s quantum-readiness assessment and discovery platform to organizations across Thailand.
The agreement will give QSE access to the Thai market via Nextwave’s channel partners, which the company says amounts to over 50 entities across government and industry. Through the partnership, Nextwave and QSE intend to provide Thai government agencies, enterprises and regulated organizations with locally supported capabilities to assess their cryptographic environments and develop structured approaches towards post-quantum readiness.
As in Malaysia, the collaboration is also intended to provide organizations with access to experienced cybersecurity advisors and channel partners capable of supporting discovery, assessment and roadmap development initiatives as organizations prepare for future migration to quantum-safe cryptographic standards.
“Our strategy is to scale through established cybersecurity partners that already understand the needs of complex organizations,” said Ted Carefoot, Chief Executive Officer of QSE. “Nextwave brings the local relationships and channel reach needed to introduce QSE’s technology across Thailand. This agreement strengthens our commercial position in the market and supports our broader expansion across the Asia-Pacific region.”
