Lattice Semiconductor has launched the Lattice Sentry solutions stack and the Lattice SupplyGuard supply chain protection service.

The Sentry stack is a combination of customizable embedded software, reference designs, IP, and development tools to accelerate the implementation of secure systems compliant with NIST Platform Firmware Resiliency (PFR) Guidelines (NIST SP-800-193).

The Lattice SupplyGuard service extends the system protection provided by the Sentry stack by delivering factory-locked devices to protect them from attacks like cloning and malware insertion, and enables secure device ownership transfer.

These hardware security solutions are increasingly important to a range of applications, including communications, datacenter, industrial, automotive, aerospace, and client computing.

The National Vulnerability Database reported that between 2016 and 2019 the number of firmware vulnerabilities grew over 700 percent[1].

Protecting systems against unauthorized firmware access requires dynamic, persistent, real-time hardware platform security for all connected devices.

This includes securing component firmware from unauthorized access and enabling the system to automatically protect, detect, and recover from an attack in an instant.