Case Studies

We worked with a large telecom provider to design and manage a multi‑year quantum‑readiness and PQC migration programme across its IT, network and OT environments. The engagement covered asset and cryptographic inventory (including CBOMs), establishment of governance and funding structures, vendor and standards alignment, risk‑based prioritisation of systems, and a phased roadmap that embeds crypto‑agility.

We supported a group of banks and a central infrastructure operator in assessing how quantum threats would impact the interbank payment stack – from customer channels and internal cores to SWIFT connectivity and RTGS settlement. The work included a cryptographic mapping of protocols, keys and HSM usage, identification of long‑lived data and systemic choke‑points, and recommendations for PQC adoption and crypto‑agility.

Designing a roadmap for quantum‑ready communications - For a major telecom operator, we analysed the impact of quantum threats on backbone networks, key management and customer VPN offerings. We evaluated options around QKD, QRNG and quantum‑safe key‑exchange, defined reference architectures, and produced a phased deployment and commercialisation roadmap for quantum‑secure services.

Building a quantum‑risk and readiness baseline - We worked with a critical infrastructure operator to assess how quantum threats intersected with long‑lived data, OT/ICS systems and national regulatory expectations. The engagement delivered a formal quantum‑risk profile, a maturity and readiness baseline, and a prioritised roadmap covering PQC, network security, sensing pilots and workforce development.

Aligning quantum talent strategy with national ambitions - We supported a national initiative in defining the workforce and skills dimension of its quantum strategy. This included mapping current talent supply across academia and industry, identifying critical gaps in security, engineering and commercialisation skills, and designing education, training and partnership programmes to build a sustainable quantum workforce.

Assessing claims around quantum‑resistant security - We worked with a financial‑sector consortium to independently evaluate the security claims of a vendor offering “quantum‑resistant” key management and communication products. Our work combined cryptographic design review, threat modelling against future quantum adversaries, implementation analysis, and clear recommendations on safe deployment patterns and residual risks.

Clarifying markets, timing and differentiation for investors - We supported a quantum communications start‑up and its investors in testing their market thesis. This involved segmenting potential customers, modelling adoption timing versus competing technologies, analysing regulatory and standards dynamics, and refining the product and partnership strategy to position the company credibly in the broader quantum‑networking ecosystem.

Testing quantum optimisation on real supply‑chain problems - A global logistics operator engaged us to evaluate whether quantum and hybrid optimisation could bring value to routing and capacity‑planning problems. We helped select candidate use cases, benchmarked classical versus quantum and hybrid approaches on real data, and designed a PoC pipeline that can be extended as hardware and algorithms mature.

Exploring quantum opportunity in drug discovery and genomics - We worked with a group of pharma and biotech organisations to understand where quantum computing and sensing could impact discovery, simulation and genomics over the next decade. The engagement delivered a set of prioritised use cases, an experiment and partnership roadmap with hardware and platform providers, and guidelines for securing highly sensitive research data against long‑term quantum risk.

Helping a university commercialise a quantum sensor - We worked with a university TTO to assess market opportunities for a new quantum sensor, define its commercialization and IP strategy, identify lead applications and target segments, structure a spin‑out team, and design pilot projects with early adopters in healthcare and industrial monitoring.

Shaping a national quantum‑security and PQC strategy - For a government agency, we developed a quantum‑security strategy covering critical infrastructure, public services and national cryptographic policy. This included threat and impact assessment, sector‑by‑sector prioritisation, reference architectures for PQC adoption, and stakeholder playbooks for regulators, operators and vendors.

Designing a cryptographic modernisation roadmap - We supported a global financial institution in building its quantum‑security strategy: inventorying cryptographic assets across thousands of applications and systems, defining CBOM standards, assessing “harvest now, decrypt later” exposure, and designing a multi‑year PQC migration and crypto‑agility roadmap aligned with regulatory timelines.