HP Brings Quantum-Safe Encryption To Printers
DARKReading, Thursday, March 20th, 2025
HP's 8000 Series enterprise and commercial printers, which include Color LaserJet Enterprise MFP 8801, Mono MFP 8601, and LaserJet Pro Mono SFP 8501, will feature new quantum ASICs and endpoint controllers to protect them from future quantum attacks.
HP previewed enterprise and professional-grade printers resistant to quantum attacks at the company's annual Amplify partner conference in Nashville, Tenn. on Tuesday. The upgraded versions of the printers, which support the NIST PQC standards that were approved last year, are slated to arrive this fall.
While no one really knows when a quantum computer capable of breaking standard encryption mechanisms will be available, various groups estimate availability sometime between 2035 and 2040. The Global Risk Institute recently predicted a 34% chance by 2034. Even though a quantum processor capable of breaking RSA encryption is not an immediate threat, organizations are beginning to make quantum-resistant plans, especially for peripherals such as enterprise and commercial printers, which typically have long refresh cycles.