SEALSQ to Bring Post Quantum Security to the Automotive Industry

SEALSQ Corp outlined a roadmap to integrate post-quantum security capabilities into next-generation automotive silicon, including chiplet-based hardware security modules and pre-certified secure enclave IP. The company said the effort targets protection against both current cyberattacks and future quantum threats.

SEALSQ linked its plan to vehicles that it described as AI-driven, software-defined, connected and autonomous, where it said cybersecurity aligns with functional safety and can involve compromised electronic control units. It cited ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434 and the UNECE R155 type-approval regime, along with long vehicle lifetimes and the idea of “harvest-now, decrypt-later” risks for classical algorithms.

Functionally, SEALSQ said it would support post-quantum protection at multiple levels of a vehicle architecture. It described crypto-agile designs with hybrid classical-plus-PQC schemes, hardware hardening against side-channel and fault-injection attacks, and an approach that includes TPMs, secure microcontrollers, licensable HSM IP, chiplet-based HSMs coupled to a processor, and full custom quantum-resistant ASICs.

SEALSQ said its SEALSQ ASIC Design Services would cover secure architecture definition and security-IP creation through design, certified production, and supply-chain management, plus lifecycle management and support into system-level safety and cybersecurity certification processes. It cited its 2025 acquisition of IC’Alps, adding close to 100 specialized ASIC design engineers, and placed the roadmap under its QASIC concept. “In the vehicle, safety and security can no longer be separated, and today’s cyber risks cannot be separated from tomorrow’s quantum threats,” said Carlos Moreira, Chairman & CEO of SEALSQ. “With SEALSQ ASIC Design Services and our QASIC roadmap, we give the automotive industry a sovereign partner able to design post-quantum security into the silicon itself, at whatever level the customer needs, and to stand beside them all the way to certification. This approach helps ensure that the software-defined vehicle both safe and secure for its entire life on the road and expands SEALSQ’s presence in one of the fastest-growing semiconductor end-markets.”

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