As part of Arm’s Architecture and Technology team, Rob works across the ecosystem to establish the future of the PSA Certified program, our mission is to make hardware-based security available to all devices, protecting hundreds of billions of IoT gadgets that connect to cloud-based services.
Rob has over 25 years’ experience working in semiconductor Intellectual Property and silicon related industries. At Arm, Rob ran mobile marketing 2005-2009, then helped to set up Linaro (an open source enablement company) in 2010 before joining Systems and Software Group, the IoT Device Group and most recently the Architecture and Technology Group. Rob is a board member of GlobalPlatform and PSA Certified Founding Member.
Rob holds an MEng in Microelectronics from Durham University and is based in the UK.
About Arm
Arm is at the centre of the electronics industry with over 20 Billion Arm powered chips shipped annually and has been working with its ecosystem on improving embedded security in an initiative called PSA Certified that has gained significant momentum and has helped the industry to ease the pain of building-in security.
The latest posts by Rob Coombs
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21st February 2023
IoT Device Security: Simplifying the Journey for OEMs
Read moreIn this blog we explore how PSA Certified is simplifying the IoT security journey for device manufacturers, allowing them to leverage the security expertise from the value chain and easily implement and verify security best practice. We breakdown the four key stages and examine how PSA Certified supports you at every step.
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11th January 2023
Advice for OEMs Preparing for Security Regulation in Europe
Read moreThis blog covers two of the most prominent IoT security regulations emerging in Europe (CRA and RED), what they mean for you, and how you can prepare.
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3rd January 2023
A message from the PSA JSA Chair, Rob Coombs
Read moreA letter from our PSA Certified JSA Chair, Rob Coombs. This blog looks at some of the 2022 highlights, and what’s coming up in 2023 for IoT security and the IoT certification scheme.
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12th December 2022
New Online Questionnaire for PSA Certified Level 1 Makes Certification Easier Than Ever Before
Read moreThis blog explores where PSA Certified Level 1 requirements have derived from and how the IoT Security certification process is now more accessible.