"SECURITY: Security goes embedded"

As more embedded applications use Internet Protocol, the need for security using encryption/decryption and authentication is trickling down to embedded devices, and vendors are rising up to meet the need with chips and firmware. Next month, the Department of Homeland Security will conduct Cyber Storm 2 to test the nation's readiness to weather electronic attacks on U.S. information infrastructures, transportation lines and utilities. During the first Cyber Storm, in 2006, hackers successfully attacked the very computers being used to conduct the test. Technology vendors worldwide have been working since then to plug security holes.
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