Venkataramani, G.
and Rekhi, S.
(2026),
Firmware-Based Monitoring for Bus-Based Computer Systems, NIST Cybersecurity White Papers (CSWP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.CSWP.52, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=961723
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Firmware-Based Monitoring for Bus-Based Computer Systems
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This paper describes design mechanisms that reconfigure component firmware as a network of forensic units that passively observe bus traffic to extract and share forensic data beyond typical communication. By employing consensus-building algorithms among these distributed units, the augmented firmware can collaboratively detect compromised nodes within a zero trust architecture to enable future system defense solutions.Citation
NIST Cybersecurity White Papers (CSWP) - 52
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52
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attack detection, bus-based computing systems, distributed hardware systems, firmware, security forensics, system security monitoring
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Created April 15, 2026