Topic: “Chip security vulnerability: How to close the gap between design software & design hardware”

Presenter:

Keith Guidry, CTO, Sawblade Ventures

Abstract:

Sawblade Ventures owns EDA (Electronic Design Automation) tools and intellectual property able to inject into legacy or new micro-circuit netlists very small networked monitors/manipulators that work as operational fabrics functionally segregated from the host circuit.

Such a fabric is able to intercept/interdict host signal nets which may be tapped for signal sampling, wrapped for static or dynamic stimulus, rerouted and rewired for circuit architecture modifications at-speed on-the-fly for the life of the chip. These granular capabilities may be used for any purpose to effect an untouchable overwatch capability to surveil and protect the host circuit without burdening the underlying electronic performance and without creating an additional attack surface in the host (the real problem with trust zone and security module solutions).

Specific to our conversation today, Sawblade is currently working with the LillyPondProject to create a blockchain anchored communications interdiction hardware device ostensibly intended for the Autism Community use case, but acknowledged as having far-reaching potential applications for behavioral surveillance.

BIO:

Keith Guidry, CTO, Sawblade Ventures Mr. Guidry has been active in the industrial automation design and engineering world for over 35 years. As a systems integrator for major industrial process computing and industrial manufacturing companies, he has worked with a wide variety of Fortune 500 companies and startups.  His career includes experience with numerous pioneers and next-generation efforts since the advent of microprocessors in the 1970’s.  These experiences in petrochemical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and  discrete manufacturing inform his current work with Sawblade Ventures,  LLC employing novel technological advances applied to cyber automation.  Such efforts seek to advance interoperable intelligent platforms for business computing within sensitive industrial computing environments. 

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Agenda:

Agenda

• 6:00 – 6:20 PM Open networking meet and greet
• 6:20 – 6:30 PM IEEE Austin ComSoc/SP and EMBS/CS Chapters
• 6:30 – 7:30 PM Feature presentation / workshop
• 7:30 – 8:00 PM Q/A, Networking
• 8:00 pm Adjourn

Location:
Room: #220
Bldg: AT&T Labs
9505 Arboretum
Austin, Texas
78729