IoT Security
Ask SecureRF: AES for Authentication?
Question: AES is used successfully all the time. Why shouldn’t we use AES for authentication? SecureRF: AES is a range of symmetric encryption mechanisms widely available on many devices—for free. You can use AES to authenticate a device, but it typically requires the connection to a database or network and lot of other processing that…
Read MoreLouis Parks to Speak on Security Panel at the 15th International SoC Conference
Louis Parks, CEO of SecureRF Corporation, will be a panelist at the 15th International System-on-Chip (SoC) Conference on October 19, 2017. Parks will join moderator Farhad Mafie, International SoC Conference Chairman, and five other thought leaders to discuss SoC-related security challenges and solutions. In a discussion titled, “Security Issues and Challenges in The Next Generation of…
Read MoreIoT Security News: Principles of IoT Security, PKI Trends, and the Encryption Debate
In the face of seemingly endless cybersecurity breaches and IoT hacks, it is important to actively stay abreast of security news and trends in the semiconductor industry. But it can be difficult to stay informed, particularly due to short news cycles and the sheer volume of security-related announcements coming out each day. We can help.…
Read MoreSecuring the Internet of Vehicles Is Possible
Another month and yet another story about the vulnerability of modern vehicles to hackers looking to take control of our automobiles. According to a recent Trend Micro report, a security research team found that it is possible to turn off a vehicle’s key automated components—including safety mechanisms such as the antilock braking system (ABS) and…
Read MoreIoT Security: Challenges and Solutions
With more and more devices added to the Internet of Things (IoT) every day, the potential security threats caused by IoT “end devices” with minimum protection continue to grow.
Read MoreSecureRF Profiled at StaceyOnIoT.com
SecureRF and its CEO Louis Parks were recently profiled by Stacey Higginbotham in the weekly IoT-based Stacey Knows Things newsletter and at StaceyOnIoT.com. Parks described some of the various challenges associated with securing the IoT, and he talked to Higginbotham about SecureRF’s cryptography solutions for low-resource devices, such as 8- and 16-bit microcontrollers.
Read MoreIoT Security News – Heart Hacks, Semiconductor Sales, and Wearables
It has been another interesting few weeks for IoT security experts, embedded systems engineers, and semiconductor manufactures. We have seen increased security threats, improved semiconductor sales, and positive news about wearable device shipments. Let’s review some of the more significant news items from the past several days. FDA Recall: 465,000 Pacemakers Vulnerable to a Wireless…
Read MoreInterview: Five Minutes with Louis Parks, CEO, SecureRF
Louis Parks (CEO, SecureRF) was recently interviewed by Rich Nass of Embedded Computing Design about SecureRF’s unique security solutions for IoT devices and its partnerships with semiconductor vendors and IP builders. Parks explained that the constrained devices, based on 8-,16-, and 32-bit processors, powering the IoT lack the computing and memory resources needed to implement legacy standard security…
Read MoreUS Senators and IoT Security: Why Proposed Legislation Matters to Device Makers
In the face of ever-increasing IoT security threats, the US government has started efforts to regulate IoT security with a new bill that will require IoT equipment sold to the government be patchable and meet specific security requirements.
Read MoreSecureRF's Security Toolkit for Intel's DE10-Nano
Intel FPGA-SoC devices are well suited for a wide variety of Internet of Things (IoT) applications, including acting as an IoT gateway that can authenticate and control hundreds or thousands of remote endpoints. Developers using Intel’s DE10-Nano kit, which is based on a Cyclone V FPGA, can now implement SecureRF’s DE10-Nano Security Toolkit to protect…
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