TY - GEN

T1 - Can you call the software in your device firmware?

AU - Hassan, Md

AU - Markantonakis, Konstantinos

AU - Akram, Raja

PY - 2017/1/9

Y1 - 2017/1/9

N2 - In addition to storing a plethora of code and functionality, devices also possess a certain set of data and commands, known as firmware. The ability of devices to perform specific tasks relies on the firmware. In order to understand the scope of firmware we conducted a qualitative analysis of its properties, functionalities and security. We examined the use of the terminology over a period of years and found that “firmware” is used in numerous situations in a range of contexts. In this paper, we propose a taxonomy of firmware to classify the field and understand it better.

AB - In addition to storing a plethora of code and functionality, devices also possess a certain set of data and commands, known as firmware. The ability of devices to perform specific tasks relies on the firmware. In order to understand the scope of firmware we conducted a qualitative analysis of its properties, functionalities and security. We examined the use of the terminology over a period of years and found that “firmware” is used in numerous situations in a range of contexts. In this paper, we propose a taxonomy of firmware to classify the field and understand it better.

U2 - 10.1109/ICEBE.2016.040

DO - 10.1109/ICEBE.2016.040

M3 - Conference contribution

SN - 978-1-5090-6120-4

SP - 1

EP - 8

BT - e-Business Engineering (ICEBE), 2016 IEEE 13th International Conference on

PB - IEEE Computer Society Press

CY - Macau, China

T2 - The 13th IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering (ICEBE 2016)

Y2 - 4 November 2016 through 6 November 2016

ER -