Security Development Lifecycle Based BIOS Security Validation

Abstract

In todays scenario, attacks on intel products have been increasing and there is an ever increasing need to make intel products more secure. For overall safety of the intel platforms, BIOS should be secure and stable. If BIOS is corrupted then the intel platforms will have a permanent denial of service or ine cient/unlikely behav- ior. Therefore the main objective of the BIOSs security is to protect itself and its di erent interfaces from malicious attacks. So, security development lifecycle helps to ensure BIOS security. The security development lifecycle is a set of activities which extend the intel platform's security and privacy requirements. This ensures that products are designed, implemented and validated with an appropriate level of BIOS security in mind.