Getting Secure, Intel-Based Solutions to Market Faster - Why the Hardware Vendor’s Boot Security Implementation Is So Important

Getting Secure, Intel-Based Solutions to Market Faster - Why the Hardware Vendor’s Boot Security Implementation Is So Important
Getting Secure, Intel-Based Solutions to Market Faster - Why the Hardware Vendor’s Boot Security Implementation Is So Important
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June 27, 2018

Getting Secure, Intel-Based Solutions to Market Faster - Why the Hardware Vendor’s Boot Security Implementation Is So Important

Implementing Boot Security is Complicated, Time-Consuming, and Expensive

While most modern processors include some capability for built-in boot security, these features are rarely configured, enabled, and delivered by hardware suppliers. Each boot security feature must be carefully implemented to activate and verify its protection capabilities. System integrators that choose products where the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) hardware vendor has already implemented the required boot security features can skip this arduous undertaking to reduce risks and get secure products to market faster.

Getting the boot security implementation right is difficult. Security is a constantly evolving landscape with ever-changing threats and increasingly complex research and development (R&D) requirements. Staying abreast of advancements on all fronts is a time-consuming endeavor that requires significant expertise and effort.

In development environments, the trial and error process required to properly implement security features can result in “bricked” hardware and lost time. It can easily take many person-months of effort to understand and implement even one boot security feature, and in a robust system with many security layers, this effort grows. These delays can seriously impede system integrators’ ability to get systems to market in a timely and cost-effective way.

In the field, ineffective or improperly configured security can put people, equipment, and missions at risk. If a piece of equipment with inadequate security lands in enemy territory, it can be reverse-engineered or cloned. If hostile parties can remotely access insecure navigation and control systems in moving platforms, they can misdirect these systems, or worse, take command of the platform and its operations.

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  • Implementing Root of Trust and Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
  • Intel Boot Guard, Trusted Boot, and Secure Boot
  • Tying Boot Guard features to application requirements