Forward Edge-AI today announced its global channel partner ecosystem, adding more than two dozen new partners across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East. The channel expansion supports rising demand for deployable post-quantum cybersecurity solutions as government mandates and enterprise risk timelines accelerate.
Furthermore, The Quantum Insider has declared 2026 as the Year of Quantum Security, “a coordinated, year-long global effort focused on post-quantum cryptography, quantum resilience, and the responsible protection of quantum technologies and the intellectual property that underpins them…as quantum systems move toward operational use.”
Forward Edge-AI’s new partners include a joint venture in Japan, value-added resellers, systems integrators, managed security service providers, and regional distributors serving defense, critical infrastructure, telecommunications, healthcare, and industrial markets. Together, they extend Forward Edge-AI’s ability to deliver post-quantum protection at scale, particularly in environments where latency, operational continuity, and regulatory compliance are critical. Channel partners such as Accrete – its joint venture partner in Japan,Aspiration, Cubic, Lumen, Microsoft, Wisecube and others are servicing international government contracts, and customers in finance, healthcare, space, manufacturing, insurance and critical infrastructure.
Channel Expansion Addresses Immediate Post-Quantum Readiness Gaps
The channel program is centered on Isidore Quantum®, Forward Edge-AI’s plug-and-play hardware-based post-quantum encryption platform designed to secure data in transit without requiring software rewrites, PKI dependencies, or network re-architecture. The platform is a zero trust, protocol-agnostic CNSA 2.0 compliant system designed to operate across legacy and modern environments, including operational technology and constrained networks. It has attracted many channel partners because it offers 60% less TCO than similar systems with attractive pricing models for the channel.
As governments and regulators transition from planning to execution of post-quantum cryptography, many organizations lack the internal expertise and operational capacity to deploy new cryptographic infrastructure within tight timelines. Channel partners play a critical role in bridging that gap, providing implementation, integration, and managed services aligned with customer environments.
“Post-quantum security is a primary concern of myriad governments that understand the imminent threats,” said Eric Adolphe, CEO of Forward Edge-AI. “NIST has estimated that more than 20 billion quantum resistant devices need to be deployed by 2027. Organizations are being asked to act now, but most do not have the luxury of multi-year transformation programs. Our partners are essential to delivering solutions that work immediately at scale.”
Built for High-Assurance and Regulated Environments
Unlike software-only post-quantum approaches, Isidore Quantum is delivered as a deployable hardware platform designed for high-assurance use cases, including defense, critical infrastructure, and regulated enterprise environments. The system provides quantum-resistant protection for data in motion while maintaining operational transparency for existing applications and networks.
The Isidore platform has been validated through a combination of government-led testing, operational pilots, independent third-party evaluation, and formal certification milestones. This validation has been tested across defense, telecommunications, and enterprise pilots and is designed to meet stringent performance and reliability requirements, including low latency and silent operation. Its exportable design also enables deployment across international and coalition environments where traditional cryptographic solutions face regulatory or operational barriers.
For channel partners, Forward Edge-AI supports multiple go-to-market models, including resale, managed services, and integration into existing security offerings. The program includes technical onboarding, partner enablement, and direct engineering support to ensure operational readiness.
Positioning the Channel for the Quantum Transition
Forward Edge-AI expects continued growth in partner demand as post-quantum requirements increasingly influence cybersecurity procurement decisions across both public and private sectors. The company plans to onboard additional regional partners and enable them throughout 2026.
North Korean State-Sponsored Kimsuky activity targeting the government space
Posted in Commentary with tags North Korea on January 9, 2026 by itnerdThe FBI has issued a warning that North Korean state-sponsored threat actor Kimsuky is actively targeting government agencies, academic institutions, and think tanks using spear-phishing emails that contain malicious QR codes. This technique, known as “quishing,” bypasses traditional email security by embedding QR codes instead of clickable URLs, forcing victims to use unmanaged mobile devices.
Once scanned, the QR codes redirect victims through attacker-controlled domains that collect device and location data before serving mobile-optimized phishing pages impersonating Microsoft 365, Okta, or VPN login portals. By stealing session cookies, attackers can bypass MFA and hijack cloud identities. Because the initial compromise occurs outside standard EDR and network visibility, the FBI now considers quishing a high-confidence, MFA-resilient identity intrusion vector. Kimsuky has used this approach in recent espionage campaigns and has been active since at least 2012.
Chris Pierson, Founder and CEO, BlackCloak had this to say:
“Quishing is a reminder that attackers are deliberately shifting the point of compromise away from corporate infrastructure and onto personal, unmanaged devices where security controls are weakest. When executives or staff scan a QR code on their phone, they are often stepping completely outside the organization’s detection and response capabilities. That makes identity theft and session hijacking far more likely, even in environments with MFA enabled. Organizations need to treat mobile devices and digital behavior as part of the attack surface, not an edge case. Executive protection strategies must account for how attackers blend convenience, trust, and mobile workflows to bypass traditional defenses.”
Will Baxter, Field CISO, Team Cymru follows with this:
“Kimsuky’s use of quishing highlights a broader shift among nation-state actors toward identity-centric intrusion rather than malware-heavy attack chains. QR-based phishing evades traditional email controls while allowing attackers to profile the victim’s device and environment before delivering tailored lures. When session cookies or cloud tokens are stolen, MFA can be bypassed entirely, turning identities into reusable assets for follow-on espionage. This is why defenders need visibility beyond the network edge—correlating external threat intelligence with identity telemetry to spot infrastructure reuse and disrupt these campaigns earlier in the kill chain.”
If you want to learn more about Quishing and how to protect yourself, this link from Cloudflare can help you. This is handy information as this is clearly a popular means of attack from threat actors.
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