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Architectures and Processors blog Designing Security and Trust into Connected Devices (IoT)

Designing Security and Trust into Connected Devices (IoT)

February 18, 2016

Less than one minute read time.

Provides an overview of TrustZone technology - including the new topics of TrustZone for ARMv8-M (microcontrollers) and TrustZone CryptoCell

Why Security Matters

Security done well provides the foundations for services, capabilities and user experiences:

Can I stream movies to my tablet/phone/dtv?
Can I replace my username/password with a swipe of a finger?
Can I separate my business applications from my personal ones?
Can I have a “kill switch” that makes my phone worthless if stolen?

ARM Techcon Security 2015.pdf

Architectures and Processors blog

When a barrier does not block: The pitfalls of partial order

Wathsala Vithanage

Acquire fences aren’t always enough. See how LDAPR exposed unsafe interleavings and what we did to patch the problem.
- September 15, 2025
Introducing GICv5: Scalable and secure interrupt management for Arm

Christoffer Dall

Introducing Arm GICv5: a scalable, hypervisor-free interrupt controller for modern multi-core systems with improved virtualization and real-time support.
- April 28, 2025
Getting started with AARCHMRS Features.json using Python

Joh

A high-level introduction to the Arm Architecture Machine Readable Specification (AARCHMRS) Features.json with some examples to interpret and start to work with the available data using Python.
- April 8, 2025