SEMI Honors the Leadership of the Cyber Security Standards Committee
02 August 2023 - 10:46AM
PDF Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: PDFS), a leading provider of
comprehensive data solutions for the semiconductor and electronics
ecosystems is pleased to announced that PDF Solutions’ Richard
Howard, Director of Technical Operations, Cimetrix Connectivity
Group, was among the leaders of the SEMI Fab & Equipment
Computing Device Security (CDS) Task Force awarded
the SEMI International Standards Excellence Award, along
with his co-leaders on the SEMI Fab & Equipment Computing
Device Security (CDS) Task Force (Leon Chang of TSMC, Ares Cho from
ITRI and Ryan Bond of Intel). The award was announced at SEMICON
West.
This award recognizes years of involvement and leadership by
Richard Howard in the development of new Semiconductor industry
standards, in particular in the area of cybersecurity. Recognizing
the urgent need for robust cybersecurity measures, SEMI's
International Standards Information & Control Committees in
Taiwan, Japan, and North America formed task forces in the fall of
2018 to investigate the feasibility and implementation of standards
to address these threats. Over the years, the task forces worked
diligently through regular meetings to coordinate efforts and
eliminate redundancies. As a direct result of this work, SEMI
recently published its first two Cybersecurity Standards.
One of these two standards came directly from the work of the
Taiwan Task Force, which focused on SEMI Draft Document 6506 New
Standard: Specification for Cyber Security of Fab Equipment. This
standard aims to eliminate vulnerabilities exploited in external
and network attacks. This eventually became the SEMI E187-0122
standard, officially ratified and published in February 2022.
The other standard comes from the work of the North American
Task Force, led by Mr. Howard from PDF Solutions and Ryan Bond of
Intel, which collaborated with the Japan Task Force and SEMI
Standards members from Asia, Europe, and North America to develop
SEMI Draft Document 6566 New Standard: Specification for Malware
Free Equipment Integration. This standard is designed to prevent
the introduction of malware into a facility during installation,
integration, or service. This eventually became SEMI E188-0222
standard published in February 2022.
"We are extremely proud of the work of Richard Howard," said
John Kibarian, PDF Solutions’ President and Chief Executive
Officer. "These standards are a critical step toward safeguarding
the semiconductor manufacturing infrastructure from the growing
threat landscape. Through the dedicated efforts of the leadership
of these task forces, and SEMI Standards members, there is a robust
framework designed to enhance cybersecurity practices across the
industry."
For more information about SEMI's Cyber Security Standards,
please visit
https://store-us.semi.org/products/e18800-semi-e188-specification-for-malware-free-equipment-integration
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