Security-First Mindset
Four Key Pillars Shape Intel’s Security-First Mindset:
It starts with leadership.
Leaders set the expectations that serve as the foundation of the culture shift.
Processes and tools are the foundation.
At Intel, we use Security Development Lifecycle for development.
Awareness and education are key.
We continually educate our employees to reinforce expectations and train them on systems and tools.
Governance is necessary.
Intel takes a collaborative, problem-solving approach to encourage transparency and reporting.
Vision
Empower our customers with the most secure systems, software, and solutions, driven by innovation, to enhance security capabilities they trust.
Purpose
To build world-changing technology that earns trust
and enriches the lives of every person on earth.
Culture
Every Intel engineer is empowered to incorporate security in their daily roles, inspired to make security a personal value, and trained to “think like a hacker,” breaking what they make.
Security Belt Program
Salina Fan-Carman
Director of Product Security Training
As part of Intel’s Security-First Pledge, we seek to increase security awareness and build skills for all Intel employees. The Intel Security Belt Certification program, launched in October 2020, is one way we strive to develop that security-first mindset measurably. Each security belt earned increases security knowledge and impacts the security of our products as well as impact across the ecosystem as our employees engage in helping to drive industry-wide initiatives and standards.
Awareness
Develop understanding of the importance of a secure development mindset.
Learner
Exposure to fundamental principles of SW security or HW security.
Practitioner
Advanced understanding of security principles, tools, and techniques.
Expert
Recognized expert in a technical security area.
Leader
Broad expertise and knowledge at a system/platform level.
Visionary
Broad expertise and impact at the industry level.
2023 Intel Product Security Report
Our annual report reflects ongoing industry leadership in product security assurance. This year, we examine how those investments stack up competitively, and the numbers are telling.
AMD had 3.5x as many vulnerabilities in their Chain of Trust/Secure Boot than Intel. Read the report to learn more.