DFNS managing director and head of Asia-Pacific Felix Eigelshoven said Monday that digital asset firms should separate their security policies from underlying systems to prepare for quantum computing risks.
Speaking at the World Digital Assets Forum 2026 in Seoul, Eigelshoven proposed a layer that would hold a firm's own rules while allowing it to change the technology used to carry them out, The Korea Herald reported. He said that approach would help firms replace hardware, storage or other infrastructure as security needs change.
Eigelshoven said the concern reaches beyond blockchain. Financial institutions and telecommunications companies also depend on cryptographic signatures to authenticate transactions and protect digital assets, he said.
He pointed to progress in quantum computing and the use of AI agents and teams pairing people with AI to search for weaknesses and develop attacks. Those developments are bringing forward the need to prepare, he said.
Eigelshoven also urged firms to avoid depending on a single approval point or technology provider. Systems built from replaceable components would give them more flexibility to respond without rebuilding their operations, he said.
