Last week, Rambus showcased its IoT security service and technology in the Qualcomm Technologies booth (#10948) exclusively at CES® 2017 in Las Vegas. The service and technology offerings by Rambus are designed to take advantage of security-focused features in Qualcomm Technologies’ chipsets to facilitate protected IoT communication and lifecycle management.
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Mitigating DDoS attacks with secure IoT endpoints
The IoT is expected to comprise 20.8 billion devices by 2020, with Gartner estimating that 5.5 million new “things” went online daily during 2016. Nevertheless, as Forrester analysts emphasize, robust IoT security remains mired in the “creation phase” along with nascent interoperability standards.
Unsurprisingly, malware targeting IoT has matured considerably, with the number of attacks focusing on IoT devices multiplying in recent years. According to Symantec, lackluster security makes IoT devices a soft and appealing target for attackers.
Microsoft catapults FPGAs to new heights
Karl Freund of Moore Insights and Strategy recently penned an article for Forbes about Microsoft’s extensive deployment of FPGA’s in the data center and beyond.
As Freund notes, Microsoft currently uses field programmable gate arrays to accelerate its Bing search engine (Project Catapult) along with its Azure Cloud, which has at least one FPGA in each server – delivering over one “exa op” (one billion operations per second) of total throughput across data centers in 15 countries.
Rambus inks license agreement with Xilinx
Rambus has signed a license agreement with Xilinx that covers Rambus’ patented memory controller, SerDes and security technologies.
In addition, the two companies have agreed to evaluate potential collaboration on the use of Rambus’ CryptoManager platform, with Rambus also exploring the use of Xilinx FPGAs in its Smart Data Acceleration (SDA) research program.
Video: Rambus and Movimento secure OTA updates for connected vehicles
Earlier this summer, Rambus and Movimento teamed up to demonstrate a joint OTA update solution at TU-Automotive in Detroit. Essentially, Movimento’s OTA technology uses Rambus’ CryptoManager platform to enable in-field provisioning of encrypted keys generated for a specific vehicle, thereby facilitating secure communication between cars and the Cloud.
Securing connected vehicles with Rambus CryptoManager
Anna Steffora Mutschler of Semiconductor Engineering recently observed that self-driving cars have prompted the semiconductor industry to consider a number of complex legal and regulatory issues. “[Self-driving vehicles] open up a whole new field for legal interpretation, case law, and regulation,” she explained. “While most liability cases in the past never crossed below the system vendor/supplier level, [this] could change with autonomous vehicles. [In terms of security], self-driving cars pose a huge concern given the amount of silicon and software and the size and mass of vehicles.”