>> >>
>>> When outsourcing manufacture, what steps are you taking to protect
>>> your IP (in the form of firmware) from unauthorized copying/counterfeiting
>>> by the selected vendor *or* parties that may have access to their systems? >>
>> What is the capability and desire level of the threat actors? If it's
>> an intelligence agency of reasonable large country, you probably
>> cannot do anything effective.
>
>No. The concern is that the contracted manufacturer (or, anyone with
>access to his information systems) decides to go into business in
>direct competition, simply by selling YOUR device at a cut-rate price
>(not having to recover the engineering/development/warranty/support
>costs that you have)
>
OK. Also, what does the device sell for? This will dominate the choice.
Joe Gwinn