FoundationalSecurityAdvisors
Platform & Hardware Security Advisory — Austin, TX

The trust a platform is built on has to be engineered in, not bolted on.

Independent advisory in platform and hardware security, security assurance, and functional safety — drawn from three decades leading security engineering at the chip and system level for AMD, Intel, and Altera.

30+
Years in security & systems engineering
100+
Patents in computer design
3
Chief security roles — AMD, Intel, Altera
DoW
Recent Clearance
Background

Three decades inside the security decisions that ship in silicon

Work spans the full stack of platform security — from defining the security architecture behind AMD's IOMMU extensions, to chairing Intel's internal Security Architecture Review Board, to leading security assurance and functional safety for Altera's product lines and the corporate response to CRA compliance.

Off the clock: former commercial pilot and certified flight instructor.

  • Chief Security ArchitectAltera
  • Chief Platform Security Assurance ArchitectIntel
  • AMD Fellow, Chief Platform Security Architect & Board Rep, Trusted Computing GroupAMD
Advisory Areas

Where this expertise applies

Platform & Hardware Security

Review and guidance on silicon and platform-level security features — root-of-trust design, secure boot chains, memory protection, and platform threat modeling.

Security Assurance & Functional Safety

Standing up or leading security assurance programs and functional safety engineering, including regulatory response work such as EU Cyber Resilience Act compliance.

Technical Leadership & Strategy

Fractional or interim technical leadership, technology and partnership evaluation, and board- or executive-level advisory on security strategy and public policy positioning.

Get in touch

Reach out to discuss an engagement, a technical review, or a conversation about where platform security is headed.

geoffrey@fsecadvisors.com