Podcast with Steve Orrin, Chief Technology Officer for Intel Federal

Yuval Boger speaks with Steve Orrin, Intel’s Federal Chief Technologist, about the sweeping post-quantum cryptography mandates confronting U.S. government agencies and their supply chains. Orrin breaks down the 2030-2031 migration deadlines, the January 2027 acquisition requirement for national security systems, and why a standard Windows laptop can contain 20,000 crypto assets — not all of which need immediate attention. The conversation covers Intel’s multi-generational approach to embedding PQC in silicon, the importance of crypto agility for future algorithm changes, and practical advice for agencies beginning their cryptographic inventory, including the often-missed firmware and peripheral layers beneath the OS. Yuval Boger: Hello, Steve. Thank you for joining me today. Steve Orrin: Thank you for having me today, Yuval. Yuval: So who are you and what do you do? Steve: I’m the Federal Chief Technologist for Intel Corporation, and in that role, I help the federal government and the larger public sector adopt and deploy technologies at scale, both from Intel and from our ecosystem. I help them understand what’s available today and what’s coming in the future. But I also take their requirements, their mission environment and enterprise needs, and bring that back to our business units so that we can…