Firmware Security

As hardware and operating system security become more robust as it gained more and more attraction over the last years, the firmware has become one of the most overlooked threats nowadays. Firmware is literally everywhere - in every computer, server, or embedded device. And it is the first and most privileged code that runs on your machine. But unfortunately, firmware security has not always been top of mind for developers and product owners - and is often overlooked.

Still, today's best practice is to have an unknown BLOB (Binary Large OBject) running as your firmware which has the potential of undiscovered faults that could be used for attacks.

We at 9elements Cyber Security are known experts in the field of firmware security and specialized on known architectures like x86 (Intel, AMD, ..) ARM or RISC-V. We use open-source firmware and the concept of a minimal trusting computing base in combination with security technologies like Trusted Platform Modules or Intel Trusted Execution Technologies to set the anchor of your secure firmware.

With over 20 years of experience in developing, implementing, and verifying security technologies, we provide security consulting services to our clients. We are experts in:

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