Trends in Embedded Software: RED, Security and AI

Safe until proven otherwise

A secure product does not come about by accident. From threat modeling to security reviews, many processes come together when designing a secure product. What happens when these processes are not carried out properly? Under the motto “secure, unless proven otherwise”, Kiwa’s ethical hackers regularly discover vulnerabilities in various products.

In this presentation, Kiwa provides a look behind the scenes: how security flaws are unintentionally overlooked during design, how Kiwa's hackers exploit these vulnerabilities, and how serious the risks are of poorly secured products.

Kevin Veldman, Ethical Hacker at KIWA

Holistic System engineering strengthened by GenAI

At Sioux, we tackle the complexity of modern systems through a holistic approach to system engineering. Our methodology centers on capturing information and abstractions across all engineering disciplines within models understood by everyone, enabling rapid identification of potential problems before they escalate. This integrated approach breaks down traditional silos between mechanical, electrical, software, and other engineering domains, creating a shared understanding that accelerates problem detection and resolution.

Generative AI represents the next step in this methodology, serving as a powerful accelerator that amplifies our engineering capabilities. We can process interdisciplinary data more efficiently, uncovering hidden dependencies between system components, and predict potential failure modes across multiple abstraction levels. This presentation will demonstrate how GenAI takes holistic engineering further, enabling even faster iteration cycles and ultimately more robust system designs by finding issues when they arise.

Robert Hendriksen, Sioux Technologies

read here the interview with Robert about model-driven simulations.