Nicole Fern
Principal Security Analyst, Keysight Device Security Testing
Nicole Fern is a dedicated professional in the field of hardware security with over 8 years of experience both as an academic researcher and industry engineer. Currently, she holds the position of Principal Security Analyst at Riscure, a device security research lab acquired by Keysight, where she is involved in hardware and software security projects. Her extensive industry experience includes offering pre-silicon security consulting and developing strategies to address complex challenges such as detecting illegal key flows in security subsystems and verifying on-chip bus access control policies. She has also worked on ensuring the secure clearing of sensitive data in resources shared across varying trust levels and leveraging information flow tracking to identify Spectre and Meltdown tyoe vulnerabilities.