The design for updating firmware and software in the field securely: how updates are signed, delivered, verified, installed, protected against rollback and recovered if they fail.
Architecture Work product in the Firmware and software stack lifecycle and the System development lifecycle
It allows vulnerabilities and defects to be fixed in the field without opening a path for attackers. Updates that can be forged or rolled back to vulnerable versions, failed updates that brick devices and products that cannot meet regulations requiring update capability are the risks it closes.
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