Speaker
Tommy Charles
Chief Cryptographer and Distinguished Technologist
HP
Tommy is the HP Chief Cryptographer and a Distinguished Technologist in the HP Security Lab, with responsibility for cryptography technology strategy and cryptography engineering governance. Key objectives are overseeing HP’s quantum-resistant cryptography migration and strengthening the cryptographic security in HP products and solutions.
Prior to joining HP in 2022, Tommy worked for 20 years as a cryptographer in the UK National Cyber Security Centre and its predecessor organisation CESG, becoming a research leader and technical director. As a Research Technical Director, he improved working culture and impact. As Technical Director for International Standards he led a team across technology and cryptography standards, helping to increase the prominence of standards in UK national strategy.
Upcoming and recent events
CSO ThreatScape London
Protecting Critical Data and Assets against Quantum Computing Threats: Strategic Guidance for Security Leaders
Thursday, November 27, 2025
11:00 – 11:15
Quantum computers threaten to break the cryptography our digital systems depend on, with unacceptably high risk for many organisations. As a result, authorities plan to obsolete RSA in 2035 and are urging earlier introduction of quantum-resistant protections. This will be hugely disruptive for some systems. The complexity of the threat…
Quantum Computing vs. Cybersecurity: A Powerful Ally or Looming Threat?
Thursday, November 27, 2025
Join this exclusive boardroom session to explore the impact on your organisation of quantum computers breaking cryptography. We’ll do this by playing our quantum attack scenario game – Exercise Quantum Dawn. Will you choose to role-play defending your organisation, or will you role-play a quantum computer attacker? We will use…
