Trusted Foundry Programme

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Hi All,

I am currently needing to understand more about the Trusted Foundry Programme this is what I understand so far: it’s a US Department Of Defense (DOD) initiative that verifies the supply chain all the way through for hardware components. I think it’s also aimed at trying to prevent supply chain attacks but I could be wrong on that. Can someone help me with some notes on this please? I did try to do some research on Google to find out more but only found snippts of information. Any notes that anyone would be willing to share would be really appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

@Stephen-Williams ,

I hope all is well. The Trusted Foundry Program (TFP) was established as a joint effort between
Department of Defense and National Security Agency in response to Deputy
Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz’s 2003 Defense Trusted IC Strategy memo:

• Program is administered by NSA’s Trusted Access Program Office (TAPO)
• DoD component resides in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, ASD R&E and is managed by Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA)

The Program provides national security and defense programs with access to semiconductor integrated circuits from secure sources.

Not sure why you need to know about it? and what you need to know? BUT, that is the basic overview.

Cheers,

Adam

@Adam-Gordon thanks for your response I have sent you a chat on here.