Brian Witten
DATE AND TIME CHANGE
Monday, Mar 5, 2018 at 12:00 PM in 380 Soda Hall
Title: Internet of Things Security
Abstract: As the ever-growing billions of internet-connected devices shape our lives, through things like smart homes, connected cars, and the Industrial Internet, these devices and services need security. However, the security they must have is quite different from the security needed in traditional information technology. Many IoT devices often can’t have security “bolted on” after the device reaches a customer but rather often must have security built in from the start. Unfortunately, this is harder than it sounds. This talk describes a framework for protecting IOT systems. The framework was built from discussions with hundreds of companies as we've collaborated with them through more than a dozen standards bodies and industry alliances. We’ll present performance data on how legitimate security is possible even in seriously constrained environments, such as 8-bit, 8 MHz micro-controllers with only 30kb flash, and battery-constrained devices that depend on energy harvesting.
Bio: Brian Witten is a member of the Symantec Office of the CTO. Over the past few years, Brian has led Symantec Research Labs as well as engineering on Android, Symentec Endpoint Protection (SEP.cloud), and reputation-based security for enterprise, as well as encryption and identity technologies. Prior to that, while leading the government & European research labs, Brian helped create several technologies now used in Symantec enterprise and Norton consumer offerings. An experienced information security expert, Brian has worked closely with leading universities, government organizations, and industry partners in information security for over 20 years. Prior to joining Symantec, he worked at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the U.S. military’s central research and development organization charged with sponsoring revolutionary, high-payoff research, where he managed an R&D investment portfolio of more than $150 million in U.S. and international efforts.