The next cybersecurity battleground is inside the processor
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Processors still execute instructions with no understanding of whether they are legitimate. Dover Microsystems’ CoreGuard, born from DARPA’s $100M CRASH program, adds a silicon-level enforcement layer that watches every instruction against programmable micropolicies. NXP engaged Dover in 2018 for embedded platforms. IBM finds 1 in 4 malicious breaches are now AI-enabled at $6M average cost. Dover holds 17 patents and has been validated through government red-team exercises.
Cybersecurity has a location problem. Attackers often exploit vulnerabilities in systems that businesses have spent years protecting with software, yet the processor at the center of those systems can remain largely unaware of anything that is wrong. Verizon’s 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report found vulnerability exploitation had become the leading initial access vector, accounting for 31% of breaches, while only 26% of critical vulnerabilities in its dataset were fully remediated during 2025.
The stakes are rising as computing moves deeper into physical...
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