SEALSQ and WISeKey Highlight Quantum Security Risks at Davos
Insider Brief
- SEALSQ and WISeKey announced the launch of the “Year of Quantum Security” at Davos, positioning post-quantum security as a growing global cybersecurity priority.
- The companies engaged with government, industry, and media stakeholders to highlight risks posed by quantum computing to existing public-key cryptography and the need for immediate mitigation.
- SEALSQ and WISeKey presented deployable post-quantum solutions spanning secure semiconductors, hardware-embedded cryptography, and quantum-resistant terrestrial and satellite infrastructure.
PRESS RELEASE — SEALSQ Corp (NASDAQ: LAES) (“SEALSQ” or “Company”), a company that focuses on developing and selling Semiconductors, PKI, and Post-Quantum technology hardware and software products, and WISeKey International Holding Ltd (“WISeKey”) (SIX: WIHN, NASDAQ: WKEY), a leading global cybersecurity, blockchain, and IoT company, today announce the inauguration of the “Year of Quantum Security” at Davos, marking a decisive shift in global cybersecurity priorities. As quantum security emerges as one of the most dominant themes of this year’s international discussions, progressively displacing Artificial Intelligence in terms of urgency, and strategic importance.
Throughout the week, the companies carried out an intensive agenda, participating in numerous high-level panels and strategic events with global leaders from governments, industry, finance, and academia. These engagements included discussions with CNBC, Economist-related forums, Monaco innovation initiatives, India-focused technology events, the Choose France investment platform, celebrations linked to the upcoming USA 250th Anniversary, and many other international gatherings. Across these platforms, Carlos Moreira, Founder and CEO of WISeKey and SEALSQ, was repeatedly invited to address what is rapidly becoming the world’s most pressing digital risk: the vulnerability of today’s digital infrastructure in the face of powerful quantum computers.
As quantum computing accelerates, it threatens to render obsolete the cryptographic standards that currently secure over 95% of global internet traffic. Algorithms such as Shor’s will enable quantum machines to break widely used public-key encryption systems including RSA, Diffie-Hellman, and ECC. This looming disruption has propelled quantum security to the forefront of Davos debates, driven by the growing “record now, decrypt later” threat, whereby adversaries are already harvesting encrypted data with the intention of decrypting it once quantum capabilities mature.
During the week, SEALSQ and WISeKey presented concrete and deployable solutions addressing these risks, including post-quantum secure semiconductors developed in France, new methods of post-quantum cryptography embedded directly at the hardware level, and secure interconnection architectures linking terrestrial infrastructure with quantum-resistant satellite systems. These technologies are designed to protect critical infrastructure across sectors such as healthcare, automotive, energy, defense, cloud computing, and space.
One of the highlights of the week was the CNBC Quantum Panel, where SEALSQ joined leading industry voices including the CEO of IonQ and the Chief Innovation Officer of Cisco, emphasizing the urgent convergence between the rapid progress of quantum computing and the need for immediate deployment of quantum-safe security solutions. The strong visibility of the WISeKey “Wise Robot,” which animated several roundtables and public discussions, further illustrated the intersection of AI, robotics, digital identity, and quantum-secure infrastructure.
Quantum security encompasses both Post-Quantum Cryptography, new cryptographic algorithms designed to resist attacks from quantum and classical computers, and Quantum Key Distribution, which leverages the laws of quantum physics to detect any interception during key exchange. While symmetric encryption such as AES-256 remains relatively resilient, the transition toward hybrid and fully quantum-resistant architecture has become a strategic imperative.
As the Year of Quantum Security 2026 unfolds, SEALSQ and WISeKey call on governments, enterprises, and critical infrastructure operators to inventory sensitive data, identify vulnerable systems, and accelerate their transition to quantum-resistant standards. The protection of digital trust, sovereignty, and long-term data confidentiality now depends on actions taken today — before quantum disruption becomes irreversible.