Securing the Silicon: How HP Designed Quantum-Safe Hardware from the Ground Up

Hardware defines trust. If its cryptography fails, no amount of software protection can recover it. In this episode of Shielded: The Last Line of Cyber Defense, host Jo Lintzen speaks with Thalia Laing, Principal Cryptographer at HP, about how HP engineered quantum-safe protection directly into the hardware root of trust. Thalia explains how her team launched the world’s first quantum-safe Secure Boot for business PCs, why hybrid RSA + LMS was the right bridge between certification and quantum resilience, and what it takes to safeguard firmware that can’t be patched in the field. Expect a grounded discussion on hardware-level migration, LMS parameter design, and the practical steps every enterprise can take to secure devices that will outlive today’s algorithms.