Building Secure Firmware: Armoring the Foundation of the Platform

© Jiewen Yao and Vincent Zimmer 2020

J. Yao, V. ZimmerBuilding Secure Firmwarehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6106-4_12

12. Security Model

Jiewen Yao¹  and Vincent Zimmer²

(1)

Shanghai, China

(2)

Issaquah, WA, USA

 

In the previous chapter, we described different security architectures and designs to meet a set of security goals. We may have several questions at the end of that design and architecture discussion. Specifically, how do I know if the design is good enough? Is there any existing framework or scheme that can help me verify the security design works? For those types of questions, a security model can help. A security model is a methodology used to describe the system and a set of security policies to satisfy the security requirements. For ...