Summary
The European Commission’s new Quantum Europe Strategy sets a clear goal for 2030: shift Europe from research leader to quantum industrial powerhouse. It celebrates Europe’s deep scientific heritage and unmatched pool of researchers and startups, yet confronts a commercialization gap. Despite more than €11 billion in public investment over the last five years, Europe still trails in patents and scaling startups, so the focus turns to converting science into market outcomes.
The plan centers on five pillars that matter to security leaders: move breakthroughs from lab to fab to market; build quantum infrastructures across computing, communication networks, and sensors; grow startups into scale-ups; pursue space and defense-oriented use cases; and expand skills across the continent. For CISOs and cyber teams, expect accelerated investment in quantum communication networks and defense-linked capabilities, a stronger European supply chain, and new opportunities to pilot quantum-safe networking and align with EU skills and standards initiatives. The message is decisive: Europe aims to lead not only in discovery, but in secure, large-scale deployment that delivers societal and economic value.
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