Sarawak AI Centre and IBM will build Malaysia’s first quantum-safe hub
Sarawak Artificial Intelligence Centre and IBM Malaysia are planning to establish the Sarawak Quantum Safe Centre, described as Malaysia's first quantum-safe hub. The centre is intended to support quantum-safe readiness and research across East Malaysia, with stated goals around cyber resilience, digital sovereignty, and economic growth.
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What this could mean
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The hub could make East Malaysian government agencies and critical infrastructure early adopters of NIST post-quantum cryptography migration, using IBM's tooling and local policy alignment.
IBM already offers quantum-safe cryptography assessment and migration services, and a locally embedded centre with state backing removes the main practical barriers of expertise and trust; if SAIC staffs it and Malaysian regulators set deadlines, pilot migrations could begin within two years.
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