Q&A with Synopsys CSO Deirdre Hanford: How Cybersecurity is Driving Business Forward
Synopsys CSO Deirdre Hanford discusses cybersecurity threats, best practices, and the “Human Firewall.”
Synopsys CSO Deirdre Hanford discusses cybersecurity threats, best practices, and the “Human Firewall.”
Women play vital roles in developing the tools that engineers around the world use to design smart chips and develop secure code for the amazing devices that are changing the way we work and play. USA Today recently featured three Synopsys engineers, who reflect on their experiences as women in tech and offer advice on carving out success in a male-dominated field.
Posted in Application Security, Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Cryptography, EDA, Healthcare, Internet of Things, IP, Machine Learning, Malware, Optical Design, Privacy, Quantum Computing, Robotics, Security, Superconducting Electronics, TCAD
A few weeks ago, the fitness company Strava published a worldwide heatmap showing specific routes their customers have taken over the years. While it is a visual heatmap of human activity on the planet, according to various security researchers the heatmap also exposed private areas such as routes within top secret military bases. This is not a conventional data breach where sensitive data was exposed through a specific vulnerability in the software or device. In this case the device and software operated as designed. Rather, the flaw appears to be in how the end-user has configured their device in terms of collection and sharing, and that’s a flaw all too common in the Internet of Things (IoT) today.
Posted in Internet of Things, Privacy
In the era of Smart Everything—where devices are getting smarter and everything is connected—Synopsys technology is at the heart of innovations that are changing the way we live. Read on to get the latest look at trends in semiconductor chip design, verification, IP integration, and software security and quality. Learn about the ins and outs of electronic design automation from our industry-leading experts and how silicon and software are powering the automotive, artificial intelligence, 5G, cloud and IoT markets.