Insider Brief
- Quantum eMotion launched eShield-Q, a runtime cryptographic protection platform designed to secure encryption processes during execution.
- The platform protects keys, entropy, and cryptographic operations in memory using quantum entropy, memory-secure techniques, and runtime validation.
- eShield-Q is designed to integrate with existing systems and targets AI, cloud, and enterprise environments facing evolving cyber threats.
PRESS RELEASE — Quantum eMotion Corp. (“QeM” or the “Company”) (NYSE: QNC; TSXV: QNC-V; FSE: 34Q0), a leader in quantum-secure cybersecurity solutions, is pleased to announce the launch and availability of eShield-Q, a new cybersecurity platform designed to address one of the fastest-growing risks in the digital economy: the exposure of cryptographic operations during application runtime.
As organizations scale AI infrastructure, cloud platforms, identity systems, digital services, and secure communications, the attack surface continues to expand. At the same time, advances in artificial intelligence and the approaching reality of quantum computing are accelerating the pace, scale, and sophistication of cyber threats. eShield-Q is built on the premise that securing cryptographic operations during execution is not an added defense, but a fundamental requirement for protecting modern systems.
eShield-Q introduces a dedicated runtime cryptographic protection layer designed to protect critical secrets, including encryption keys, entropy sources, deterministic random bit generator states, and cryptographic execution environments, even under advanced attack conditions where memory, operating systems, kernels, or hypervisors may no longer be fully trusted. The platform reflects QeM’s “assume compromise” security model, recognizing that modern cryptography must increasingly be protected while it is actively in use.
“Cybersecurity is entering a new phase where traditional protections alone are no longer enough,” said Jason Thomas, Director of Product Development at Quantum eMotion. “The reality is that the most critical processes — cryptographic operations — remain exposed during execution. As AI-driven threats accelerate and quantum risks come into focus, securing these foundational processes is essential to protecting everything from AI infrastructure and identity systems to web services and the critical data and systems they support.”
Protecting Cryptography Where It Is Most Exposed
Encryption protects data, but the cryptographic stack itself can remain vulnerable while keys are generated, stored, accessed, or used in memory. Attack vectors such as memory scraping, side-channel attacks, kernel compromise, remote code execution, hypervisor exploits, entropy degradation, and deterministic random bit generator state compromise can expose or corrupt the cryptographic processes on which secure systems depend.
Traditional cybersecurity approaches are often reactive, relying on patch cycles, vulnerability disclosure, perimeter defenses, or post-incident remediation. eShield-Q is designed to address this gap by protecting cryptographic operations at runtime — the point where keys, entropy, and algorithms are actively used.
“Security assumptions are changing quickly,” said Dr. Francis Bellido, Chief Executive Officer of Quantum eMotion. “AI is accelerating vulnerability discovery and exploit generation, while quantum computing is reshaping the long-term security requirements of modern cryptography. With eShield-Q, Quantum eMotion is addressing a critical missing layer in cybersecurity: protecting cryptography itself while it runs. More importantly, eShield-Q now completes and strengthens our broader product portfolio, allowing QeM to secure digital systems from cloud to chip — from cloud applications, AI pipelines, identity platforms, VPNs and secure communications, down to entropy generation, memory-secure keys, and future secure silicon architectures. By combining quantum entropy, post-quantum cryptography, SecureKey’s memory-secure execution model, and hardened runtime protection, QeM is building an integrated platform designed to help organizations defend against today’s AI-accelerated cyberattacks and prepare for tomorrow’s quantum-computing threats.”
Quantum Entropy, Memory-Secure Keys, and Runtime Assurance
The eShield-Q platform combines three core capabilities:
-Quantum entropy through eFlux-Q
-eShield-Q leverages Quantum eMotion’s quantum entropy capabilities to support the generation of cryptographic keys from true quantum randomness, reducing reliance on predictable, degraded, or compromised entropy sources.
-Memory-secure cryptography through SecureKey
The platform incorporates memory-secure key protection techniques designed to reduce key exposure during use, including register-based protection for symmetric keys and just-in-time decryption for larger asymmetric keys and secrets.
Hardened Runtime Protection
eShield-Q is designed to provide continuous runtime validation of cryptographic operations, including integrity checks, key monitoring, code validation, and safeguards across stack, heap, and CPU boundaries.
Together, these capabilities are intended to help organizations protect cryptography across the full lifecycle of execution – from key generation and entropy assurance to runtime integrity and memory-secure operation.
Designed for Seamless Integration into Existing Environments
eShield-Q is designed to integrate into existing environments without requiring major application rewrites. The platform supports OpenSSL-compatible deployment models, enabling organizations to strengthen security across critical applications and infrastructure while minimizing operational disruption.
Potential deployment environments include:
- AI systems and AI pipelines;
- Identity and authentication platforms;
- TLS termination, including NGINX and ingress systems;
- VPN and IPsec gateways;
- Databases such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB;
- Web services, secure communications, and cloud-native applications;
- Enterprise, government, and critical infrastructure environments.
By protecting cryptography at the point where it is actively used, eShield-Q establishes a new control point for securing data, systems, and applications in use.
Strategic Expansion of Quantum eMotion’s Cybersecurity Portfolio
The introduction of eShield-Q marks a strategic expansion of Quantum eMotion’s cybersecurity portfolio, extending its capabilities beyond quantum entropy solutions into a broader platform designed to address the evolving needs of enterprise, government, cloud, AI, and digital infrastructure customers.
eShield-Q complements QeM’s existing quantum random number generation, entropy-as-a-service, post-quantum cryptographic integration, and SecureKey technologies. The Company believes this integrated approach establishes a foundational security layer for the AI era and positions Quantum eMotion to help define an emerging cybersecurity category focused on protecting cryptography in use.
Showcase at the Cybersecurity and Identity Summit
As part of the launch, Quantum eMotion will showcase eShield-Q at the Cybersecurity and Identity Summit, a leading cybersecurity conference. The Company’s session, “Runtime Cryptographic Protection for the AI Era,” will highlight why protecting cryptographic operations during execution is becoming essential as organizations face AI-enabled threats, and how Quantum eMotion’s integrated quantum random number generation and post-quantum cryptography capabilities can support quantum-resilient keys and next-generation secure systems.
Availability
eShield-Q is now available for customer demonstrations, partner integrations, and selected pilot deployments. Quantum eMotion will initially focus on enterprise, cloud, AI, digital asset, infrastructure, and government-related environments where the protection of cryptographic keys and runtime execution is critical.
