About this episode
Nathan Jones discusses hardware security, conference talks, and the benefits of superloops versus RTOS.
Nathan Jones spoke with us about hardware security, motivation, conference talks, and writing. Nathan wrote an in-depth series of posts about the benefits of superloops vs RTOS: You Don't Need an RTOS (Part 1) , Part 2 , Part 3 , and Part 4 . He also wrote about How Hardware Gets Hacked (Part 1) and Part 2 which discusses the MITRE embedded CTF (Capture the Flag) challenge . See his EmbeddedRelated profile and Digikey profile . And Nathan's excellent Embedded for Everyone Github repo. Nathan recommends The Hardware Hacking Handbook by Jasper van Woudenberg and Colin O'Flynn. It is an excellent resource on embedded security. We spoke with Jasper about the book in 431: Becoming More of a Smurf and with Colin about the Chip Whisperer in 286: Twenty Cans of Gas . The European Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) has specific features that are required to be implemented by all devices that want the safety CE label. This is important for products shipping to Europe. If you are going to the Embedded Online Conference , you can get a discount with the code JONES100. Nathan will be giving a workshop on the Chip Whisperer Nano . (Recent guest Mark Omo will also be presenting: Security for the Rest…
People in this episode
Host: Elecia White
Guest: Nathan Jones
Topics covered
- hardware security
- embedded systems
- conference talks
- writing
- superloops
- RTOS
- cyber resilience
Keywords
- hardware security
- superloops
- RTOS
- embedded systems
- cyber resilience
- Chip Whisperer
- conference
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: MITRE, Embedded Online Conference, Hardwear.io
Products: Chip Whisperer Nano, The Hardware Hacking Handbook
Places: Santa Clara, CA, USA, Amsterdam
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