Topics
What holds, and what just looks like it does.
Fourteen technical topics where product security actually fails.
01
Debug & Production Lockdown
The debug port you forgot is the attack path you tested everything else against.
JTAG, SWD, UART, readout protection & lifecycle state
02
Device Identity & Keys
One shared credential can compromise an entire product line.
Provisioning, storage, rotation & revocation
03
Firmware Update Security
The update mechanism is the most exposed privileged function of the product.
Signing, verification, rollback & recovery
04
Hardcoded Credentials & Secrets
One secret in the binary is a fleet-wide master key you cannot rotate.
Keys, passwords, API tokens & shared credentials
05
Management Interfaces & Privileged Access
Authentication succeeds. Authorization decides, inconsistently.
Admin APIs, hidden services, roles & privileged control paths
06
Product Security Regulation
Compliance requirements still need technical evidence.
CRA · EN 18031 · IEC 62443
07
Proprietary Protocol Security
Proprietary is not a security feature. Undocumented is not unbreakable.
Reverse engineering, state machines, authentication & parser behavior
08
Recovery & Maintenance Interfaces
Built for the worst day in the field. Never tested against the worst person on the network.
Service modes, factory reset, recovery paths & maintenance access
09
Reported Vulnerability & Product Impact
A report that says "command injection" still has not said what your product loses.
Reproduction, exploitability, affected versions & root cause
10
Secure Boot
Secure Boot can verify every signature and still fail.
Trust anchors, bypasses & rollback
11
Secure Storage & Key Protection
A key in flash is a key an attacker can read. A key in hardware still needs the right rules.
Secure elements, TPMs, hardware-backed keys & extraction resistance
12
Security Architecture & Trust Boundaries
Your architecture diagram shows where trust flows. Attackers read it as a map.
Attack paths, trust assumptions & privilege boundaries
13
Third-Party Components & CVEs
A CVE in your component is a headline. Your product impact is the story.
Reachability, exploitability & real product impact
14
Wireless Pairing & Trust
Pairing decides who the product trusts. Most products decide badly.
Peer authentication, replay, spoofing & protocol state
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