Forging the USB armory: Creating an open source secure flash-drive-sized computer

Presented at 31C3 (2014), Dec. 28, 2014, 5:30 p.m. (30 minutes)

The presentation will cover the journey that we have taken to develop the USB armory board from scratch, explaining the lessons learned and its prospected applications.

Inverse Path recently introduced the USB armory project (http://inversepath.com/usbarmory), an open source hardware design, implementing a flash drive sized computer for security applications. The USB armory is a compact USB powered device that provides a platform for developing and running a variety of applications.

The security features of the USB armory System on a Chip (SoC), combined with the openness of the board design, empower developers and users with a fully customizable USB trusted device for open and innovative personal security applications.

The presentation will cover the journey that we have taken to develop the USB armory board from scratch, explaining the lessons learned and its prospected applications.


Presenters:

  • Andrea Barisani
    Andrea Barisani is the founder of the security consulting firm Inverse Path and the founder and project coordinator of the Open Source Computer Security Incident Response Team (oCERT) effort. Andrea Barisani is an internationally known security researcher. Since owning his first Commodore-64 he has never stopped studying new technologies, developing unconventional attack vectors and exploring what makes things tick...and break. His experiences focus on large-scale infrastructure administration and defense, forensic analysis, penetration testing and software development, with more than 14 years of professional experience in security consulting. Being an active member of the international Open Source and security community he contributed to several projects, books and open standards. He is now the founder and coordinator of the oCERT effort, the Open Source Computer Security Incident Response Team. He has been a speaker and trainer at BlackHat, CanSecWest, DEFCON, Hack In The Box, PacSec conferences among many others, speaking about TEMPEST attacks, SatNav hacking, 0-days, OS hardening and many other topics.

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