Hardware Hacking Training Courses

Grand Idea Studio's training courses, taught exclusively by Joe Grand, focus on hands-on learning and aim to provide a fun, educational experience. Please visit for currently scheduled sessions.

All courses can be tailored for a specific audience or objective. Grand Idea Studio is available to teach at industry …

Understanding Hardware Security

This presentation serves as an introduction to embedded security. Designing offensively may be your best protection against attack, so we discuss how to reduce the number of vulnerabilities in your hardware designs and how to evaluate the threats against your products.

Slides: Understanding Hardware Security

A Commentary on Adopting Security Technologies

We, as a population, have become so dependent on technology that we often forget the major risks associated with using it. This commentary discusses the problem as it relates to the computer security industry and examines the need for proper understanding, scrutiny, and testing of new security technologies before they …

Secure Hardware Design for Embedded Systems

The design of secure hardware is often overlooked in the product development lifecycle, leaving many devices vulnerable to hacker attacks resulting in theft of service, loss of revenue, or a damaged reputation. Many times, products must be redesigned after a harmful incident, which raises overall development costs and increases time-to-market. …

Tribble

Tribble is a hardware expansion card that can reliably acquire the volatile memory of a live system to removable storage. The hardware device directly accesses memory and does not require any software to be loaded (which could overwrite possible evidence).

The volatile memory in an active computer system contains information about …