Quantum Apocalypse: The $100 Billion AI Security Gap and the Tiny Stock Built to Close It

On behalf of Integrated Quantum Technologies Inc.

Cybersecurity in 2025 is collapsing faster than anyone predicted.

It’s hemorrhaging customer data at a scale that should terrify every tech investor.

AT&T just paid $177 million to settle claims after two catastrophic breaches exposed data on 110 million customers.¹

Coupang, South Korea’s largest ecommerce platform, lost 33.7 million customer records in a breach so damaging the CEO resigned.²

Coinbase³, Nikkei⁴, Marks & Spencer⁵, LexisNexis, Qantas, Vietnam Airlines – the list of 2025 victims reads like a Fortune 500 directory.

Hundreds of millions of people have been affected this year alone, but a new twist is making everything exponentially worse.

AI is now being weaponized against itself.

AI-enhanced security threats have spiked, with vishing attacks using AI-cloned voices surging 442% in 2024.⁶

Attackers are using generative AI to create flawless phishing emails, deepfake audio impersonations, and automated social engineering campaigns, all at near-zero cost.

Meanwhile, 20% of data breaches in 2025 involved shadow AI, where employees unknowingly leak sensitive data into tools like ChatGPT, adding an average of $670,000 to breach costs.⁷

The cybersecurity industry is racing to adapt. But while everyone focuses on traditional defenses, they’re missing the bigger picture.

The real vulnerability isn’t just perimeter security. It’s how AI systems themselves are being deployed.

And that’s exactly what Integrated Cyber Solutions Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) DBA  Integrated Quantum Technologies is solving with a breakthrough approach that protects AI ecosystems against both today’s threats and tomorrow’s quantum attacks.

The Quantum Clock Is Ticking Faster Than Anyone Expected

For years, quantum computing felt like science fiction, a distant threat that security teams could worry about “someday.”

That day is arriving sooner than most realize.

In May 2025, a Google Quantum AI researcher published findings showing that RSA-2048 encryption (the standard protecting banks, hospitals, governments, and Fortune 500 companies) could be cracked in less than a week using fewer than one million noisy qubits.⁸

That’s an order of magnitude drop from previous estimates of 20 million qubits.

By 2034, there’s a 17-34% chance a cryptographically relevant quantum computer will exist capable of breaking RSA-2048 in 24 hours. By 2044, that probability jumps to 79%.⁹

But the real danger isn’t just future decryption. It’s happening right now.

Nation-states are already employing a “harvest now, decrypt later” strategy, collecting and storing encrypted data today with the expectation that quantum computers will unlock it in the future.

Your encrypted data today could be exposed tomorrow. And by the time quantum computers arrive, it will be too late to protect what’s already been stolen.

The threat is so significant that US investment in quantum and post quantum security now exceeds $2.5 billion a year.¹⁰

And just when enterprises thought they had time to adapt, a new existential threat emerged.

AI itself has become the most vulnerable attack surface.

That’s exactly the dual threat Integrated Quantum Technologies Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) was built to solve.

Integrated Quantum Technologies: The Company Protecting AI in the Post-Quantum Era

Integrated Quantum Technologies Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) isn’t just another cybersecurity company.

It’s become a research and innovation firm pioneering Post-Quantum AI Infrastructure.

While competitors scramble to patch legacy systems, Integrated Quantum Technologies Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) is building something fundamentally different: a future where AI can be trusted at every level, from the data that powers it to the systems that run it.

The company is pioneering quantum-proof data protection, secure model-building practices, and advanced compression technologies that make AI faster, safer, and infinitely more scalable.

Integrated Quantum’s first product, AIQu VEIL, sets a new standard by securing information inside the machine learning pipeline with quantum-resilient, privacy-preserving technology, making protected data the default for AI.

Powered by continuous applied research, AIQu VEIL enables organizations to train and operate AI systems at full performance, without ever exposing sensitive data, and without compromising model performance or reliability.

This isn’t theoretical. It’s already working.

"Organizations are at a critical crossroad in their AI and Machine Learning journey. They see the potential to transform operations, improve client outcomes, and reduce costs - yet ongoing concerns around security, compliance, and regulation continue to hold them back. Our AIQu VEIL changes that."
— Anita Oehley, Strategic Advisor at Integrated Quantum Technologies

The AI Adoption Paradox: Everyone Wants It. Few Can Deploy It Safely.

Artificial Intelligence has become the defining technology of this decade.

The global AI market was valued at $224 billion in 2024 and is projected to surge past $1.2 trillion by 2030 as every industry races to integrate AI into its core operations.

92% of organizations believe AI will transform their business.

9 out of 10 executives say AI is the future of revenue growth.

But there’s a problem.

Most enterprises cannot deploy AI at scale without exposing themselves to catastrophic risk.

Only 32% of financial institutions have formal AI governance programs, even though 81% feel pressure to adopt AI simply to survive competitive pressure.¹¹

78% cite data security as the primary obstacle stopping large scale AI adoption, and 62% say compliance and data residency laws stall deployment across borders.¹²

The barriers are severe.

  • Traditional controls don’t scale with AI; sensitive data exposure limits progress.
  • Security exposure. Machine learning models can leak sensitive information and be manipulated or reverse engineered.
  • Regulatory friction. Laws like GDPR, HIPAA, and APRA restrict where data can live, blocking global AI rollout.
  • Privacy failures. Centralized data pipelines create single points of failure that attackers can exploit.
  • Compliance bottlenecks. Cross border AI workflows get stuck behind legal complexity.
  • Quantum vulnerability. Today’s protections will not survive the coming shift to quantum enabled attacks.

The result?

Fewer than 50% of AI projects ever make it out of proof of concept, and only 1 in 4 delivers the ROI companies expected.

Enterprises want the power of AI. But they can’t accept the risk.

That’s the gap Integrated Quantum Technologies Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) is closing.

Integrated Quantum gives enterprises a way to deploy AI safely by protecting data inside the machine learning pipeline, by default.

AIQu VEIL: Securing AI at the Data Source

The traditional approach to AI security is broken.

AI and ML pipelines were never designed to keep data private, so data protection must move inside the pipeline itself.

In most environments, data is transmitted raw and unprotected.

Organizations assume private networks, encrypted tunnels, or trusted internal systems are enough to keep it safe. Modern security thinking rejects that assumption. Zero-trust models start from the premise that attackers are already inside.

Most cybersecurity tools still focus on protecting data after it has already left the safety of the database. They encrypt it in transit, monitor it in motion, and hope attackers do not get to it before the system does.

Hope is not a security strategy.

And it is exactly why so many AI systems are being breached today.

Integrated Quantum Technologies Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) took a completely different approach.

Instead of building another perimeter tool, Integrated Quantum built AIQu VEIL, a privacy-preserving, quantum-resilient data infrastructure layer that keeps sensitive data protected inside the machine learning pipeline, by default.

At the core of the AIQu VEIL is a proprietary quantum resilient process called Informationally Compressive Anonymization (ICA).

ICA protects data at the source, compresses it into a mathematically irreversible format, and ensures that even if attackers intercept it, there is nothing left to steal or reconstruct.

Here is what makes it different.

  1. Protection at the Source: AIQu VEIL sits directly at the database and secures information before it ever flows into machine learning systems. Data in flight is no longer a liability.
  2. Quantum Resilient Protection: ICA transforms sensitive data into a compressed, anonymized format that cannot be reverse engineered even with quantum level computing power. If intercepted, the data is useless.
  3. Secure Model Training: Models are trained only on protected ICA data. Even if a model is breached, scraped, or exfiltrated, attackers cannot extract sensitive information because the raw data was never exposed.
  4. Performance Without Tradeoffs: Typical security tools slow AI down. Integrated Quantum’s (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) AIQu VEIL does the opposite. AIQu VEIL reflects where privacy-enhancing technologies are headed, prioritizing strong protection without sacrificing real-world AI performance.

The results are not theoretical. They are measurable.

In internal testing using MNIST, a widely recognized benchmark in machine learning research, Integrated Quantum demonstrated that protecting data does not reduce AI performance.¹³ It improves it.

  • Models trained on ICA protected data reached 99.25% test accuracy compared to 92.45% on raw data, delivering a +6.8% performance advantage while keeping sensitive information protected throughout the pipeline.

Compressed data: Lower storage requirements and reduced compute costs.

Faster models: Improved inference speed with no loss in accuracy.

Quantum ready:  Protected data remains secure and mathematically unrecoverable even under quantum attack conditions.

If adversaries intercept ICA protected data, they get nothing.

No raw data. No identifiers. No way to reconstruct the original source.

It resolves data residency and governance constraints, allowing AI and ML models to be deployed globally for the first time.

This significantly reduces complexity, eliminates regional teams and model version drift, and enables models to reference protected global data for better insight.

With AIQu VEIL, Integrated Cyber Solutions Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) DBA Integrated Quantum Technologies  has built what may be the first AI security approach designed for the real threat landscape investors are waking up to.

Why Enterprises Need the AIQu VEIL Now

The barriers preventing AI adoption aren’t going away on their own. They’re getting worse.

Here’s what enterprises are facing:

  • Fewer than 50% of AI projects will move from proof-of-concept to production through 2027¹⁴
  • 73% of CEOs report they cannot scale AI initiatives due to compliance, governance, or ethical concerns
  • 65% of global enterprises cite compliance with evolving data privacy regulations (GDPR, CPRA, EU AI Act) as the #1 blocker to scaling AI

Enterprises cannot wait.

Integrated Quantum Technologies’ (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) AIQu VEIL removes these barriers today while preparing organizations for the quantum future.

"Enterprises want the power of Machine Learning and AI solutions without the added complexity of figuring out compliance, security, scalability, and future-proofing against emerging quantum risks. Our ML/AI deployment architectures ensure sensitive data and the models that use them are kept safe, while simultaneously allowing AI models to be orchestrated securely at scale."
— Jeremy Samuelson, Strategic Advisor to Integrated Quantum

Key Benefits for Enterprises:

  • Faster and more accurate ML with reduced compute costs.
  • Global deployment from a single secure model, improving prediction consistency by 15–25%.
  • End-to-end data protection across regulated industries, fully immune to quantum attacks.
  • Lower operational costs, with potential savings of $10–15M annually for mid-to-large enterprises.
  • Simplified compliance with GDPR, HIPAA, CPRA, and emerging AI regulations.
  • 40–60% faster time-to-production through streamlined deployment and reduced governance overhead.

8 Reasons

Reasons Integrated Quantum Technologies Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) Could Become the Quantum Safe AI Breakout of the Decade

1

Solving the One AI Security Problem No One Else Is Touching: While most cyber and PQC companies secure networks and encryption layers, Integrated Quantum Technologies Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) protects the data itself before it ever reaches an AI model. Its proprietary Compressive Anonymization process eliminates the raw data exposure window competitors still leave open.

2

A Quantum Ready Platform Before Quantum Attacks Go Mainstream: :Major players like SandboxAQ and PQShield are preparing for a quantum future, but Integrated Quantum already delivers a quantum resilient solution enterprises can deploy today. ICA protected data is mathematically irreversible even under quantum attack assumptions.

3

Performance Gains Instead of Security Slowdowns: Traditional security tools reduce speed and accuracy to the point where they are no longer viable for modern AI systems. Integrated Quantum Technologies Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) flips that model. AIQu VEIL improves accuracy, speeds up inference, and reduces compute and storage needs by training exclusively on ICA protected data, turning security into a performance advantage and positioning VEIL as a true disruptor and emerging standard.

4

A Practical Solution to Enterprise AI Adoption Barriers: Compliance rules, data residency restrictions, and privacy laws are slowing AI deployment across industries. Integrated Quantum solves these bottlenecks at the source by securing data before it moves, avoiding costly hardware changes or complex PQC migration programs.

5

A Small Cap in a Market Dominated by Private Giants: SandboxAQ is valued at roughly $5.6 billion¹⁵ and PQShield has raised more than $37 million,¹⁶ yet both remain private. Integrated Quantum is one of the few publicly traded companies giving investors direct exposure to quantum safe AI infrastructure at an early stage.

6

A Platform Built for Multi Market Expansion: Integrated Quantum Technologies Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) technology can extend into database security, LLM protection, cross border compliance, privacy preserving analytics, and secure backup and recovery. Each represents a large addressable market powered by the same underlying technology.

7

nsider Alignment and a Tight Trading Float: With more 50% held by insiders, leadership is directly aligned with shareholders. A tight float means that partnerships, enterprise adoption, or strong news flow could have a meaningful impact on market visibility.

8

A Research-Driven Platform, Not a One-Trick Pony: Integrated Quantum Technologies Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) operates as a research and innovation engine, not just a product vendor. AIQu VEIL is the first commercial application of its proprietary ICA technology, with a pipeline of future solutions already in development. This lab-driven approach ensures the company stays ahead of evolving threats while competitors scramble to catch up.

Zscaler: The $30 Billion Blueprint for What ICS Could Become

When Zscaler went public in 2018 at a $3.6 billion valuation, most investors didn’t understand it. The idea of securing enterprises without firewalls sounded unrealistic.

Within a few years, Zscaler had created an entirely new category, the cloud security layer, and the market rewarded it with a climb to more than $38 billion.¹⁷

Integrated Cyber Solutions Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) DBA Integrated Quantum Technologies is positioned the same way today.

Just as Zscaler redefined network security for the cloud era, ICS is redefining data and model security for the AI and quantum era.

But there is a critical difference.

Zscaler only touches AI and post-quantum security at the edges of its much broader platform. Integrated Quantum is a pure play on the exact layer enterprises are racing to secure: the AI pipeline itself.

Where Zscaler built the Zero Trust layer for network traffic, Integrated Quantum is building the Zero Exposure layer for AI models and data.

And while Zscaler relies on perimeter-agnostic routing and policy enforcement, Integrated Quantum Technologies Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) eliminates the exposure window by securing sensitive data across the entire AI/ML pipeline, a depth of protection not offered by today’s major public cybersecurity providers.

The comparison highlights something important for investors.

Zscaler’s rise shows how quickly markets reward companies that create new security categories at moments of technological transition. 

Integrated Quantum sits at the center of an even larger shift as AI adoption accelerates, quantum threats emerge, and regulators tighten global data restrictions.

Zscaler proved the value of a new architecture.

Integrated Quantum Technologies Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) is now doing the same at a much earlier stage and inside a far larger opportunity set.

How ICS Stands Apart in a Market Dominated by Giants

Quantum safe security and AI data protection have attracted billions of dollars in investment as governments, institutions, and major enterprises scramble to prepare for the coming shift to the post quantum era. The landscape is already filled with powerful private players commanding staggering valuations.

Alphabet spin out SandboxAQ recently reached an estimated valuation of $5.6 billion¹⁸, backed by a fresh $300 million investment from global institutions. 

PQShield, one of the world’s leading post-quantum cryptography companies, secured $37 million in Series B funding from Addition, Chevron Technology Ventures, Legal and General, and other major investors.¹⁹

Companies like Fortanix and QuSecure are also scaling fast, but none of them touch the AI pipeline itself.

Integrated Quantum Technologies Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) protects what these giants don’t. They secure networks and encryption primitives. ICS secures the data and AI models at their core using Informationally Compressive Anonymization, eliminating the raw-data exposure window that all other solutions leave open.

And unlike confidential computing vendors that require specialized hardware and multi-year infrastructure changes, Integrated Quantum Technologies Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) deploys as software and immediately protects AI workloads without slowing them down.

In fact, models trained on ICA-protected data run faster and more accurately. This becomes a major performance advantage when you consider how much sensitive information is embedded within these models.

With nearly all competitors private and Zscaler serving as proof of what a category-creating security architecture can become, Integrated Quantum stands out as one of the very few publicly traded companies giving investors direct exposure to the next major wave of cybersecurity: quantum-safe AI protection at the source.

The Growing Opportunity: A $100+ Billion Market at the Intersection of AI, Security, and Quantum

The market Integrated Quantum Technologies Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) is targeting sits at the crossroads of three massive, converging trends:

AI Security & Privacy-Enhancing Technologies

The market for AI data security and privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), including secure multiparty computation, federated learning, and anonymized data, is projected to grow from $2.1 billion in 2023 to over $25 billion by 2033.²⁰

Quantum Technology

According to McKinsey, quantum technology could generate close to $100 billion in revenue in a decade, with quantum computing alone growing from $4 billion in 2024 to a whopping $72 billion by 2035.²¹

Enterprise Data Security & Compliance

The cybersecurity market focused on enterprise data security and compliance, valued at $219 billion in 2023, is expected to hit $578 billion by 2033 with AI-specific security as the fastest-growing segment.²²

Integrated Quantum Technologies Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) is uniquely positioned at the intersection of AI adoption and trust infrastructure, where privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), cybersecurity, quantum-resilient protection, and governance frameworks converge.

These overlapping markets represent a multi-hundred-billion-dollar opportunity, and ICS is one of the few companies building for the future across all of them.

A Platform Company: Building the Future of AI Infrastructure

Integrated Quantum Technologies Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) isn’t a one-product company.

It’s a research and innovation platform developing quantum-resilient AI security, architecture, and infrastructure solutions.

AIQu VEIL is just the beginning.

The company’s adaptable core technology enables the development of multiple future solutions, including:

  • Data Backup & Recovery: Secure, quantum-ready storage and restoration
  • Database Security: Protecting sensitive enterprise data at rest and in transit
  • Large Language Models (LLMs): Secure, privacy-preserving prompts and smaller, cheaper language models

This approach positions Integrated Quantum Technologies Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) as a platform company driving long-term innovation, not just a single-product vendor.

The company is building a pipeline of AI security, architecture, and infrastructure solutions from its core technology, ensuring continued innovation and long-term value creation for investors.

Leadership: Deep Expertise Driving Execution

Behind Integrated Cyber Solutions Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) DBA  Integrated Quantum Technologies is a leadership team with decades of experience across AI, data science, cybersecurity, and global enterprise transformation:

Alan GuibordPresident & CEO

Alan brings over 35 years of global IT and executive leadership experience. He is a co-founder of Integrated Quantum Technologies and The Advisory Council International, an organization of 25+ former Fortune 100 CIOs that advises board-level and C-suite executives while mentoring IT leaders.
Jeremy Samuelson Strategic Advisor

Jeremy is a mathematician and Data and AI Scientist with 16 years of experience deploying machine learning and AI solutions across healthcare, finance, and utilities. He has led major anti-fraud initiatives, including payment fraud detection at Mastercard and identity fraud prevention at Equifax. Jeremy has held senior roles at global firms and teaches AI, machine learning, and data science at The University of Texas at Austin and Caltech. At ICS, he leads the development of AI and data science solutions and oversees the company’s research lab.
Anita OehleyStrategic Advisor

Anita is a global technology leader with 20+ years of experience driving digital and business transformation. She has led engineering and customer success teams worldwide and most recently led Global Customer Innovation for AWS Marketplace, helping enterprises accelerate their digital transformation journeys.
Richard NoonanStrategic Advisor

Richard Noonan is cybersecurity and risk veteran with over 30 years in IT. Currently CISO at Fortive Corporation, he has led global security programs at Spirit AeroSystems, Vertiv, and Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
Peter BuckleyStrategic Advisor

Peter Buckley is a former Head of Cybersecurity for HSBC Canada and Global Head of Technology Risk at Scotiabank, bringing institutional-grade cyber expertise to guide post-quantum readiness.
This isn’t a startup with a good idea. It’s a team of proven operators executing on a massive opportunity.
 

This isn’t a startup with a good idea. It’s a team of proven operators executing on a massive opportunity.

Share Structure: Tight Float, Insider-Aligned

Integrated Quantum Technologies Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) has a share structure built for long-term value creation:

  • Shares Outstanding: 74.2 million
  • Warrants Outstanding: 7.3 million
  • Options and RSUs: 8.9 million
  • Fully Diluted: 90.4 million
  • Insider Ownership: Over 50% with voluntary escrow

With more than half the company owned by insiders committed to the long-term vision, management’s interests are directly aligned with shareholders.

This isn’t a pump-and-dump. It’s a tightly controlled equity story with massive upside potential.

The Setup Is There. The Rerate Hasn’t Happened…Yet

Most tech stocks are priced off momentum, hype, or institutional coverage.

Integrated Quantum Technologies Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) has none of that.

What it has is:

  • A working, proprietary AI data infrastructure platform positioned to become a new standard for privacy enhancing technologies
  • Quantum-resilient technology that improves ML performance
  • A massive, underserved market
  • Proven leadership with decades of enterprise experience
  • Over 50% insider ownership
  • A tight share structure

The only thing it doesn’t have yet is attention.

And that’s where the opportunity lives.

As AI adoption accelerates and quantum threats loom larger, enterprises will be forced to confront the reality that their current security solutions won’t protect them.

When they do, they’ll discover what early investors already know:

Integrated Quantum Technologies Inc. (CSE:ICS) (OTCQB:IGCRF) (FSE:Y4G) isn’t just ahead of the curve. It’s building the curve.

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