Monitoring Chips After Manufacturing
By: Brian Bailey
Adding monitors or traceability into an SoC is not new, but it is beginning to become a huge new opportunity across the entire silicon lifecycle.
And finally, security needs to be updated regularly throughout the lifetime of a product and best practices need to be maintained. “Nothing is secure unless you practice secure principles,” said John Hallman, product manager for trust and security at OneSpin Solutions. “Usually, an insider is the weakest link. So after you’ve done all the due diligence, this needs to be part of the normal behavior.”
That also includes regular monitoring for data leakage, Hallman said. “You may have several organizations that know a piece of the design, but nobody really knows all the pieces. If you look at complex designs, very few people ever know the larger scheme for a chip. Those controls need to be kept pretty tight, and you need good checks and balances.”
