In this Spotlight Podcast, sponsored by Trusted Computing Group*, Dennis Mattoon of Microsoft Research gives us the low-down on DICE: the Device Identifier Composition Engine Architectures, which provides a means of  solving a range of security and identity problems on low cost, low power IoT endpoints. Among them: establishing strong device identity, doing device attestation and safe deployment at scale and verifying software updates.  Secure identities are the foundation of secure ecosystems. At the risk of oversimplifying: without a foundation of strong identity, there can be no real security. We know that intuitively just from our experiences online, where phishing attacks and identity theft are rampant – often taking advantage of weak identities like user names and passwords, or Social Security Numbers. It’s especially true of the Internet of Things, where both the diversity and scale of connected endpoints create endless opportunities for mischief and mayhem. We have seen, for example, […]

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