Security in Embedded Systems – An Insight Into the New iSAQB Curriculum

Embedded systems are everywhere, from small household appliances to measure air quality over
controllers for medical devices and vehicles to industrial automation systems.
Whether they just provide entertainment, comfort or safety they are often connected to other
systems, and are a prime target for attackers who either want to use them in large bot nets, violate
the privacy of their users or interfere with the intellectual property of the producer.
To prevent these attacks embedded systems need to be hardened against attacks, but the embedded
nature of these devices pose special challenges.
The new iSAQB Embedded Security curriculum addresses these challenges and shows how to
systematically design a more secure embedded system, by identifying risk factors, determining
appropriate counter measures and verifying their effectivity.
In this session we will motivate the need for embedded security and present the content of the new
curriculum.