【Taiwan Tech Arena -STARTUP STORY I CYBERSECURITY】
Features of FiduciaEdge’s Trusted Edge Computing solutions. (FiduciaEdge)
ChatGPT has taken the world by storm,
bringing unprecedented AI experiences
to numerous consumers. This highlights
the continuous development of AI
technology and its rapid proliferation in
people’s daily lives. Meanwhile, with the
vigorous development of technologies
such as 5G, IoT, and cloud native computing,
the concept of edge computing
has also emerged to provide the best
online experience for Internet users.
Traditional AI applications involve using
the Internet to upload raw data to large
cloud servers for analysis. However, with
the increasing number of IoT devices,
this often leads to issues such as
raw data leakage, insufficient network
bandwidth, and communication delays.
Therefore, when cloud AI is deployed in
smart manufacturing, smart transportation,
and other scenarios, there may
be a significant degradation in service
quality as devices may not work together
properly, potentially causing traffic
accidents, industrial safety hazards, and
other problems. For this reason, using
edge computing servers to analyze
data locally to mitigate such problems
is a popular option in the market today. However, with the rapid proliferation
of AI services, the issue of potential
information security risks has also come
to the fore. Hacker groups have begun
launching attacks on AI applications
such as ChatGPT to steal large amounts
of sensitive data. Edge computing
security has therefore become a major
challenge that needs to be addressed in
the development of AI services.
Dr. John K. Zao, the founder and
chairman of FiduciaEdge Technologies,
pointed out that existing information
security solutions can be roughly divided
into three categories. The first category
includes the use of virtual private
networks (VPNs), firewalls, and other
mechanisms to protect data in transit.
The second category deals with security
mechanisms for websites and databases
to ensure the security of data
in storage. The third category aims to
implement appropriate information
isolation in the trusted edge computing
environments to protect those data in
use. Trusted edge computing is becoming
increasingly important as more
manufacturers are now running AI applications
on their sites to analyze the raw data collected from the IoT devices
installed on their production lines.
Focusing on Edge Computing Security and Protecting Computing Processes and Data Privacy
The explosion in the ubiquity of IoT
devices has accelerated the rapid
development of edge computing and
changed the nature of data processing
in industries such as smart manufacturing,
smart healthcare, smart transportation,
and social media. Against this
backdrop, Dr. John K. Zao, a former
Principal Member of Technical Staff of
the Internet pioneer BBN Technologies
and the founding chairman of the IEEE
1934 & 1935 International Standard
Working Group on Edge/Fog Computing
and Networking Architecture,
teamed up with Professor Ching-Yao
Huang of National Yang Ming Chiao
Tung University, as well as senior managers
from Foxconn, Hewlett-Packard,
KPMG, and ARM to establish FiduciaEdge
Technologies in early 2021.
FiduciaEdge focuses on the development
of trusted edge computing and
data privacy protection technologies.
The company has been providing data security and privacy protection platforms
as well as AIoT edge computing
solutions to domestic and foreign government
agencies, large enterprises,
and medical institutions.
Dr. Zao pointed out that FiduciaEdge
is betting on the booming AIoT market,
and thus deployed its flagship product,
FiduciaEdge Computing Platform
(fECP), on the NVIDIA Jetson Edge AI
platforms. The patented Trusted Rich
Execution Environment (T-REE) instantiated
by fECP in the Edge AI nodes
that can protect both the raw data and
the AI programs and models in GPU
and DLA from disclosing to other programs
running on the same machine.
The computing processes running in
the T-REEs are also protected from
cyberattacks while conducting secure
and private information exchanges only
with authorized peers.
Deployed among the 5G Smart
Lampposts in Taiwan and Hong Kong,
FiduciaEdge’s Trusted Edge Computing
technology has become an information
security benchmark for the critical
infrastructures in the smart cities. At the International Security Conference
West Trade Show (ISC West
2023), FiduciaEdge and its strategic
partner Vecow announced the release
of the VHub Trusted Edge AI Computing
System. This system integrates
the FiduciaEdge Computing Platform
(fECP) with Vecow’s EAC-5000/EAC-
3000/EAC-2000 industrial computers
to provide a turnkey, trusted Edge AI
computing solution. The system can
run Cloud-Native AI applications on
the NVIDIA NGC Catalog on Vecow’s
NVIDIA Jetson Xavier/Orin series
industrial computers, providing users
with AI model confidentiality and user
data privacy protection from the cloud
to the edge. The VHub systems aim
at helping their customers to improve
their information security capabilities
and to comply with the EU GDPR and
the US Cybersecurity Act.
Diversifying Capital Sources to Lay Down the Foundation for Long-Term Development
FiduciaEdge has also been very successful
in its fundraising. The company
has already attracted capital from the
National Development Fund and the
Taiwan Venture Capital Association. It also entered into a strategic partnership
with a well-known Taiwan industrial
computer manufacturer.
Dr. Zao said that FiduciaEdge aims at
taking advantage of the endless opportunities
in the Edge Computing Security
market by forming strategic partnerships
with key players in this field. In
addition, FiduciaEdge maintains an
operational presence in the Taiwan Tech
Arena (TTA) and regularly participates
in TTA’s information security-related
events to identify strategic partners for
potential collaboration opportunities.
In the future AIoT applications, data
will be owned by its creators, while analytics
will be performed under usage
control through authorization. In the
face of this emerging digital economy,
FiduciaEdge is actively transforming
itself from a solution provider to a
service provider to seize the market
opportunities and lay down the foundation
for long-term development.
Source: TTA (Taiwan Tech Arena) Magazine - 11
https://www.taiwanarena.tech/magazine/