John Hallman

Bio: Mr. John Hallman is the Product Manager for Trust and Security solutions at OneSpin Solutions. His work focuses on development of automated tools that check designs for deliberate and unintended hardware vulnerabilities that facilitate adversary attacks. John also leads the Netlist Assurance Test Methods Group under the SAE G19A Tampered Working Group and is now the co-lead for the G32 Cyberphysical Systems Security – Hardware Assurance committee. Prior to his work at OneSpin, he worked in government contracting organizations where he held leadership roles on DARPA research programs involving FPGA Trust and led engineering service solutions for FPGA Trust and obsolescence, and spent 11 years as a Hardware Engineer designing and implementing complex digital ASICs and FPGAs in the electronic hardware of government communication systems. John has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Florida State University.

Abstract: John will present an overview of the specific hardware assurance activities in the SAE G-19A and G-32 committees. The G-19A Tampered Subgroup addresses counterfeit detection capabilities at the integrated circuit level and is intended to provide guidance, practices and methods for evaluating evidence of a tampered defect, such as identification of undesired/undocumented functionality, in microelectronic parts. SAE has also approved and chartered the G-32 Cyber Physical Systems Security Committee to codify the cyber physical systems security (CPSS) framework and to provide requirements and guidance that address vulnerabilities. Through a systems engineering approach, the Hardware Assurance Working Group should lead industry, government, and academic collaboration that focuses on addressing the current gaps in the state- of-the-art for the hardware elements of these cyber physical systems security and enable industry compliance in addressing the gaps through industry standard work.