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Our world is getting more connected every day. However, the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution will only be successful if users can trust connected objects, the data they produce, and their underlying infrastructure. In the past, security was a concern only for dedicated applications such as electronic payment systems. Today, security has become a requirement in many additional applications such as smart grid, process control, and building automation. At the same time, malicious hackers have become more sophisticated, collaborating through online communities and building advanced attack scenarios to infiltrate IoT devices. New challenges arise regularly, as shown by the Meltdown and Spectre hardware bugs that allowed malicious programs to steal data. Consequently, designers of electronic devices must not only implement very robust security against sophisticated attacks, they must also optimize their research and development efforts while keeping bill of materials (BOM) costs low. This is where Maxim's security expertise excels. We have provided security to the IoT market since long before the term "IoT" was even coined. We designed the first secure microcontroller and have continued to invest in digital security design for the last 30 years. Our solutions for point-of-sale (POS) terminals, securing the confidentiality and integrity of data to the cloud, have been a cornerstone of our offering. Based on this experience, we offer a comprehensive portfolio of secure microcontrollers and secure authentication integrated circuits (ICs) that include our DeepCover ® Secure Authenticators and DeepCover Secure Microcontrollers. We recently added a patented physically unclonable function (PUF) solution, known as ChipDNA™, to elevate the security strength of our DeepCover products at an industry-leading level. ChipDNA technology brings an exponential increase in protection against the invasive and reverse-engineering attacks that hackers apply when attempting to break the security. Given our long experience securing embedded systems, we understand that ICs alone cannot solve all of a designer's challenges. Beyond silicon, we provide reference schematics, drivers, middleware, communication stacks, and support to enable fast time-to-market. Our system approach also guarantees a higher security level. Our ability to provide secure factory programming and key management brings great peace of mind to our customers and is unequalled in our industry. 3 | 3 | Gregory Guez Executive Director, Secure Micros Gregory Guez is Executive Director of the Secure Micros product line at Maxim Integrated, where he leads the team responsible for the company's payment-grade and cryptographic microcontrollers. Scott Jones Managing Director, Embedded Security Scott Jones is Managing Director of Embedded Security at Maxim Integrated, where he leads a team responsible for secure authentication products. FOREWORD