UltraSoC announces next-generation hardware-based cybersecurity products
Summary
UltraSoC announce next-generation hardware-based cybersecurity products that can be used to detect, block and record cyber-attacks in a broad range of applications – from vehicles and factory robots to consumer devices. The first product in the range, the UltraSoC Bus Sentinel, allows SoC designers to control access to sensitive areas of their devices, instantaneously detect and block suspicious transactions, and build a long-term profile of system operation to secure against current and future cyber threats. Because it is embedded in the hardware, it can respond in real time (in microseconds rather than the milliseconds required by traditional threat mitigation measures), is very hard to subvert or circumvent, and can even block “zero-day” type attacks that the chip’s designers have not anticipated. UltraSoC Chairman Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, commented: “In an age of autonomous vehicles, ubiquitous connectivity and increasing dependence on technology, cybersecurity is one of the top challenges for technologists. David Rogers MBE, CEO of cybersecurity specialists Copper Horse, commented: “As the threat landscape evolves and the consequences of attacks become more concerning, implementing security features in hardware has many advantages.