Boris Balacheff is Chief Technologist for System Security Research and Innovation at HP. He leads HP's Security Lab's research strategy, from analyzing and reporting on trends in the threat landscape, to designing security from the hardware and firmware up. Boris shapes security technology strategy at HP in partnership with HP business units and customers. He and his team drive academic, industry and government collaborations to improve on the state of the art and progress standards, from supply chain security to migration to post-quantum cryptography. Named on over 40 US patents, Boris is an inventor of modern approaches to hardware design for firmware and software resilience, and an early contributor to Trusted Computing standards and technologies. Boris is a Director of the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) where he chairs the Certification Program Committee.