Cyber Resilience Starts in Silicon: Securing AI-Enabled IoT Systems Through Hardware Roots of Trust

As AI capabilities proliferate across connected products, industrial systems, and edge devices, the cybersecurity challenge is no longer limited to protecting software. AI-enabled systems depend on trusted firmware, authentic device identities, secure updates, and resilient operational lifecycles. A compromise anywhere in that chain can undermine system integrity and business continuity.

This session examines how hardware-based security architectures help establish and scale cyber resilience in modern IoT and embedded systems. Through real-world examples, we explore how hardware roots of trust, cryptographic authentication of device identity, secure boot, firmware attestation, and secure lifecycle management can reduce attack surfaces and provide a foundation for trustworthy operation.