John Hallman

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John Hallman is the Product Manager for Trust and Security Solutions at OneSpin Solutions. His work focuses on development of automated tools that check designs for deliberate and unintended hardware vulnerabilities that facilitate adversary attacks. Prior to his work at OneSpin, he worked for 24 years in government contracting organizations managing DARPA research programs involving FPGA Trust, leading engineering service solutions for FPGA Trust and obsolescence, and performing ASIC and FPGA design engineering.

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Staying A Step Ahead Of Hackers With Continuous Verification
By John Hallman - 16 Jun, 2021 - Comments: 0

We’re all familiar with the apps on our phones and how often they get updated. Most of the time, these updates are done over the air quickly and easily. Other times, a completely new download of the software is required. But let’s take a look at the hardware platforms that the software runs on. What happens when the hardware needs to be upgraded? Today’s hardware platforms are expensive t... » read more

Achieving Automotive Safety With Security
By John Hallman - 17 May, 2021 - Comments: 0

Security researchers have demonstrated extensively how cybersecurity attacks can have disastrous consequences in automobiles. A successful car hack in an automotive control system such as the drive train or brakes could affect an entire fleet of vehicles and put many lives in danger. Moreover, car owners' privacy and the protection of intellectual properties (IPs) and other assets of car manufa... » read more

Guiding Principles To Ensure Your Hardware Is Secure
By John Hallman - 12 Apr, 2021 - Comments: 0

The modern society relies on complex, intelligent electronic systems. Automotive, avionics, medical, smartphones, communication and 5G networks, critical infrastructure, data centers, and other applications are ever more dependent on integrated circuits (ICs) that deliver high performance, low power consumption, safety, cybersecurity, and continuity of operation. Hardware is so central to compe... » read more

Water System Hack And The Implications For Hardware Security
By John Hallman - 04 Mar, 2021 - Comments: 0

Last month we talked about the SolarWinds hack and now this month another disturbing attack has taken place – this time on a water supply system in Florida. Unfortunately, these types of attacks are becoming more frequent, giving us all pause as to how secure the systems that serve our everyday life really are. What lessons can we take from this recent attack that we can implement to make thi... » read more

SolarWinds Attack Is A Cautionary Tale For Hardware And Its Supply Chain
By John Hallman - 04 Feb, 2021 - Comments: 0

The recent SolarWinds hacking incident that left many Fortune-500 companies and US government networks exposed is an interesting cautionary tale for unchecked software and hardware supply chain security vulnerabilities. The highly sophisticated software supply chain attack occurred in the SolarWinds Orion IT monitoring system. This system, used by over 33,000 companies, monitors performance acr... » read more

Trust Is Not A Good Feeling
By John Hallman - 11 Jan, 2021 - Comments: 0

As a society, we trust in a lot of things in order for our daily lives to proceed. Trust is embedded in our lives. We trust in everything from the products we use to our relationships we have to our government. But when our trust is broken or shaken in something or someone, it is hard very hard for to for us to have confidence in that something or someone again. If we apply the concept to of... » read more

Intellectual Property: Trust… But Verify
By John Hallman - 30 May, 2019 - Comments: 0

For those around the microelectronic component industry for many years, we have seen quite a transformation of capability, sourcing of the supply chain, and now threats to these devices that drive the technology in our world today. These integrated circuits (ICs), once so simple as a few transistors, have continued to follow Moore’s Law and are now made up of tens of billions of transistor... » read more

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