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Meltdown Cannot Run malicious code Crash computers Can Read “protected” in-memory data Processor Vulnerability Infographic: Meltdown/Spectre How they Work Who is Affected Caching/Speculative Execution Are you searching for ways to secure your enterprise against threats, like Meltdown and Spectre? Learn how to automate endpoint security configuration management with Client Health. Visit: https://adaptiva.com/products/ Copyright ©2018 Adaptiva. All rights reserved. Designed by Adaptiva Design Lab https://adaptiva.com https://adaptiva.com https://adaptiva.com Protected Memory Speculative Execution Faster Processing Less Security Exploits https://design.adaptiva.com Spectre Risk Grows by Size Every Major OS is Vulnerable Two-Part Solution Performance Hit The Good News Read memory contents during Speculative Execution Personal Machines OS Updates Company Servers Cloud Datacenter Chipmaker Microcode Updates (most cases) Early crashes/problems reported with OS fixes OS fixes may require app updates (e.g.- antivirus) Part 1 Meltdown/Spectre can't crash systems, but some fixes can. Part 2 Protected System Fix causes system slowdown Impact may be negligible Newer systems are less impacted Secure Meltdown/Spectre Before sensitive data is exposed Meltdown Only Spectre Only Apple/Mac OS

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Page 1: Infographic: Meltdown/Spectre - Adaptiva Insights...Part 1 Meltdown/Spectre can't crash systems, but some fixes can. Part 2 Protected System Fix causes system slowdown Impact may

MeltdownCannotRun malicious codeCrash computers

CanRead “protected” in-memory data

Processor Vulnerability

Infographic: Meltdown/Spectre

How they Work

Who is A�ected

Caching/SpeculativeExecution

Are you searching for ways to secure your enterprise against threats, like Meltdown and Spectre? Learn how to automate endpoint security configuration management with Client Health. Visit: https://adaptiva.com/products/

Copyright ©2018 Adaptiva. All rights reserved.Designed by Adaptiva Design Lab

https://adaptiva.comhttps://adaptiva.comhttps://adaptiva.com

Protected Memory Speculative ExecutionFaster ProcessingLess Security

Exploits

https://design.adaptiva.com

Spectre

Risk Grows by Size

Every Major OS is Vulnerable

Two-Part Solution

Performance Hit

The Good News

Read memory contents during Speculative Execution

Personal Machines

OS Updates

Company Servers Cloud Datacenter

Chipmaker Microcode Updates (most cases)

Early crashes/problemsreported with OS fixes

OS fixes may require app updates (e.g.- antivirus)

Part 1

Meltdown/Spectre can't crash systems,

but some fixes can.

Part 2

Protected System

Fix causes system slowdownImpact may be negligible

Newer systems are less impacted

Secure Meltdown/SpectreBefore sensitive data is exposed

Meltdown Only

Spectre Only

Apple/Mac OS