Dell Technologies asks—Is your PC ready for the quantum threat?

Dell is now shipping personal computers with quantum-resistant BIOS verification, embedded controller signing and off-host integrity checks, a capability Lenovo has not publicly documented. This move addresses an immediate threat: the “Harvest Now, Decrypt Later” (HNDL) risk, where financial records, health data, intellectual property, and government communications are captured for future decryption. “Adversaries don’t need quantum computers to do damage now,” highlighting that compromised data and forged firmware updates represent present-day vulnerabilities as organizations face approaching deadlines for post-quantum cryptography compliance. The potential for retroactive decryption highlights that the threat isn’t limited to the future…