‘Malignant Intent’ Risk Demands New Approaches To Device Design, Says Cybersecurity Specialist
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Device developers must include protections against hacking and other malicious attacks in all aspects of the design process, says Arnab Ray, a research scientist with the Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering.
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