News Summary

• u.s. recorded 3,322 reported data breaches in 2025, a record high.
• Cyberattacks accounted for 80% of them.
• We spend enormous sums protecting software while the processor underneath it blindly executes whatever instructions it receives.
• That has to change.
• For the billions of embedded systems running cars, medical devices, industrial controllers, network equipment, and critical infrastructure, security needs an independent layer that can watch processors execute instructions.
• It can provide a security boundary that does not depend on every line of code being perfect.