• How PSA APIs will enable secure devices and a consistent developer experience

    Rob Coombs
    Rob Coombs
    The Arm Platform Security Architecture (PSA) is being developed to make it easier and quicker to build trustworthy systems. The PSA testing kits enable secure devices and consistent developer experience…
    • October 16, 2018
  • The next step for PSA and a secure IoT future

    Rob Coombs
    Rob Coombs
    This week we announced an open source Trusted Firmware (TF-M) project that will deliver a reference implementation of Platform Security Architecture (PSA) trusted code.
    • March 20, 2018
  • Arm launches first set of Threat Models for PSA: IoT Security should start with analysis

    Rob Coombs
    Rob Coombs
    Arm's Platform Security Architecture (PSA) is a common framework providing a holistic approach to IoT security. We are announcing that we will be providing the first code and documents, freely available…
    • February 23, 2018
  • Six ways to re-use mobile security practices in your next IoT project

    Rob Coombs
    Rob Coombs
    Whether it is the remote hacking of cars or the rise of the IoT botnet we have all read the scary headlines: IoT security is a growing issue.
    • October 2, 2017
  • Adapting mobile security architecture for IoT

    Rob Coombs
    Rob Coombs
    A lot can be learned from studying the evolution of mobile security and considering which aspects can be applied to lower cost IoT platforms.  Now that ARM TrustZone for v8-M is becoming available on microcontrollers…
    • September 8, 2016
  • Designing Security and Trust into Connected Devices (IoT)

    Rob Coombs
    Rob Coombs
    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…
    • February 18, 2016
  • TrustZone extends to microcontrollers and TrustZone CryptoCell for all ARM platforms

    Rob Coombs
    Rob Coombs
    ARM introduces TrustZone for ARMv8-M to bring mobile style security to microcontrollers and provides a new family of security subsystems: TrustZone CryptoCell I’m at Techcon in Santa Clara this week and…
    • November 10, 2015
  • TrustZone and FIDO: Protecting your privacy and identity

    Rob Coombs
    Rob Coombs
    Identity thieves are getting quite sophisticated when it comes to stealing your username and password.   We might be wary of an unsolicited email containing a link but what if it came from a friend's email…
    • May 22, 2015
  • ARM Trusted Firmware videos (Links that work for Chinese partners)

    Rob Coombs
    Rob Coombs
    There has been lots of interest in ARM Trusted Firmware.  We are aware that YouTube is unavailable to some parts of the world so you might like these links that should work anywhere:Go to the session link…
    • June 9, 2014
  • ARM Trusted Firmware - New v0.4 release

    Rob Coombs
    Rob Coombs
    The ARM Trusted Firmware team have just released v0.4 under a permissive BSD license to enable the ARM ecosystem with a high quality reference implementation of:1. Secure Monitor Calls (SMC) Calling Convention2…
    • June 9, 2014
  • ARM Trusted Firmware (low level Secure World software) - Myth busters

    Rob Coombs
    Rob Coombs
    If you didn't make it to the Linaro Connect in Macau earlier this month you may have missed Andrew Thoelke's excellent pitch on ARM Trusted Firmware.  ARM Trusted Firmware is low level, highly privileged…
    • March 12, 2014
  • White Paper - GlobalPlatform based Trusted Execution Environment and TrustZone Ready

    Rob Coombs
    Rob Coombs
    A whitepaper that looks at TrustZone based Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) in context of the 4 compartment security model.  The second half looks at how a well designed Apps processor can use TrustZone…
    • March 11, 2014
  • Getting started with security software for ARMv8A based platforms

    Rob Coombs
    Rob Coombs
    You may have seen that ARM has been developing some low level trusted firmware to provide reference code that supports Secure World software on the latest v8A technology based chips.   The software is…
    • January 14, 2014
  • The road to GlobalPlatform TEE security certification

    Rob Coombs
    Rob Coombs
    Trusted Labs have prepared a great document explaining the GlobalPlatform TEE security certification scheme.  As the importance of security grows this is likely to be an interesting option for silicon…
    • December 17, 2013