HP launches new 8000 series printers
March 19, 2025
At HP’s Amplify 2025, the company announced the “world’s first printers to protect against quantum computer attacks.”
The threat of quantum computers breaking asymmetric cryptography – the algorithms that our digital world relies on – grows every year. Experts think there’s up to a 34% chance of this happening by 2034. This would put encrypted communications at risk, compromise the existing digital signatures used for verifying the integrity of firmware and software, and dissolve digital trust.
HP explained that without quantum resilience, a printer facing a quantum attack at the firmware level would be fully exposed through malicious firmware updates, giving the attacker stealthy, persistent and total control of the device.
This is why HP’s new 8000 series printers, including the HP Color LaserJet Enterprise MFP 8801, Mono MFP 8601, and LaserJet Pro Mono SFP 8501 printers, are designed with quantum resilience to protect against the quantum attacks of the future, offering:
- A foundation for quantum resistance: The printers’ new ASIC chips are designed with quantum-resistant cryptography and enable the use of digital signature verification to protect firmware integrity against quantum attacks.
- Enhanced security at the hardware level: Printer manageability and protection is enhanced through the new ASIC chips, which protect early-stage BIOS and BIOS boot firmware integrity, reducing the risk of data breaches.
- Seamless integration with Zero Trust measures: Foundational to HP’s Zero Trust Print ArchitectureTM, these printers are designed to integrate seamlessly into existing Zero Trust Network Architectures. This helps organisations to take a unified, fleet-wide approach to their security strategies and protect against current and future threats.
As part of HP’s ongoing commitment to security innovation, this integration exemplifies our dedication to implementing quantum resistant algorithms as a foundational security layer across our PC and printer portfolios. For example, last year HP announced the world’s first PCs with firmware protection against quantum computer attacks.
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