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SECURITY AND TRUST
Physical deployment of a data center server requires
advanced packaging, miniaturizing, channel optimization
and cooling technologies. For remote deployment,
these processing capabilities need to be secure,
trusted and, in some cases, deterministic.
Embedded systems security engineering (SSE) protects
processing systems from unauthorized technology transfers
and alterations to functionality. Modern aerospace and
defense processing applications require a built-in and layered
customizable framework for embedded SSE. These security
frameworks span software, firmware and hardware and
are configurable with trusted third-party IP, enabling the
creation of private and personalized system-wide security.
To ensure necessary levels of trust in both the product and the
company that designs, develops and supports it, SSE must be
coupled with the systematic implementation of robust and
trusted business systems, including IT infrastructure, business
procedures, facilities, personnel and supply chain
management. SSE, trusted systems and a managed supply
chain work in concert to provide system integrity by protecting
the application, its data and the system(s) it runs on. In today 's
adversarial environments, security and trust are crucial for
mission success.
DETERMINISM AND SAFETY-ASSURED
EFFECTOR CONTROL
At a high-level, an easy way to differentiate between
safety and security is safety, in the compute domain,
means the system won't unintentionally harm people;
whereas, security means people won't harm the system.
NASA's Puffin, a personal airborne vehicle (PAVs) as part of the UAM
For flight safety, Design Assurance Levels (DAL) define
the process of demonstrating that hardware (DO-254) and
software (DO-178) will operate in a precise and predictable
manner. They are, and can be shown to be, intrinsically safe and
reliable by agencies including European Aviation Safety Agency
(EASA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Joint Aviation
Authorities (JAA) and Transport Canada. Such certification is
required for safety- and mission-critical processing functions
including avionics, vetronics and heads-up displays (HUDs).
As sensors are driving more decisions and platforms are
becoming more autonomous, safety-critical processing
is increasingly a
requirement. Similar
requirements are
needed for autonomous
land-based and
airborne commercial
and defense platforms.
Inside an autonomous
vehicle with on-board
big data processing
and deterministic
effector controls
Advanced cryptography, secure boot and physical
protection technologies within the BuiltSECURE™
technology suite mitigate reverse engineering,
deliver cyber resiliency and safeguard confidential
data and IP against threats -- even when a system
is compromised. BuiltSECURE technologies
with systems security engineering (SSE) enable
turnkey or personalized security solutions to be
quickly configured. The extensible nature of the
SSE delivers system-wide security that evolves
over time. As countermeasures are developed to
offset emerging threats, the security framework
keeps pace, maintaining system-wide integrity.
SECURE Built
TM
