I’ve always treated two-factor authentication (2FA) like an annoyance: some chore I must perform for every login. SMS codes and authenticator apps were my go-to. I felt these were secure options until ...

QUESTION: What are the pros and cons of using hardware security keys? ANSWER: One of the best ways to secure your online accounts is to use some form of two-factor authentication to prevent anyone ...

Hardware security protects user authentication and system integrity by working outside of the operating system, in ways that ...

Faced with an unprecedented threat, federal agencies are looking to lock down the physical compute layer for additional cybersecurity assurance. Alexander Slagg is a freelance writer specializing in ...

Hardware security and intellectual property protection have become critical research areas as the semiconductor industry increasingly relies on a globally distributed design and fabrication ecosystem.

Software bugs can be fixed with a simple update, but hardware flaws are physically built into the devices themselves. The chips inside our devices harbor 98 different ways they can be hacked. And ...

A hardware security module (HSM) is a solution that stores cryptographic keys to keep them private while ensuring they are available to those authorized to use them. The primary objective of an HSM ...

The eternal cat-and-mouse game pitting IT security improvements against evolving attacker exploits is usually framed as an arms race of rising software sophistication. Security teams implement ...

Engineers working on embedded systems or Internet of Things (IoT) projects must contend with the trade-offs between performance and cost that affect every aspect of that design. Security is as much a ...

Hardware security vulnerabilities have greatly expanded the attack surface beyond traditional software exploits, making hardware security assurance crucial in modern system-on-chip (SoC) designs. Chip ...

Computers are faster than ever—but at what cost? Speed and performance have long been prioritized over security in hardware design, leaving modern systems vulnerable to attacks. Assistant Professor ...

An international team is collaborating on a 3.5-year mission to revolutionize how we protect data at the processor level.