Security News > 2021 > June > Biden’s plan for strengthening US cybersecurity is too soft

Biden's plan is a good first step but is missing a critical component: secure hardware.

The government plan is conspicuously silent on that aspect of the cybersecurity threat, which is particularly ironic given the emphasis recently on investing more in American hardware initiatives.

Without sufficient security for every hardware component and its supply chain, the hardware itself cannot be trusted.

Like one cannot build a castle on quicksand, software cannot be secure unless it leverages the trustworthiness and security of the underlying hardware on which it runs.

Once secure hardware has been implemented, the hardware and software can start working together to make the system safe.

Since all cyber systems are based on hardware, secure hardware is a conditio sine qua non and one that impacts all of us.

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