Abstract
Cybersecurity relies on trusted devices, and in turn, trusted devices rely on secure boot. Secure boot is the process that ensures only trusted software runs during the power-up process, and it’s based on a series of digital signature verifications. In this video, Axel Y Poschmann, PQShield’s VP of Product and Ben Packman, Chief Strategy Officer discuss some of the current issues around deploying post-quantum secure boot. With semiconductor technology being built today, it’s likely that devices further down the supply chain will need to be compliant in the decades to come, and it’s important to think about how we use secure boot loaders, ensuring that the devices of tomorrow are well-suited for the quantum threat. Which algorithms should be used? What standards are yet to come? What are the tradeoffs to consider when it comes to speed, memory and area, and, crucially, can PQShield help?