Ecosystem Engagement
Intel's Jason Fung on Intel's academic programs and awards.
Academic Research
Collaboration with the research community through academic investment and partnerships is critical for fueling new ways of thinking to address current and future security threats. Our relationships with leading security research institutions allow us to work with top talent across various program
Sponsored Research
Intel invests directly in proactive security research, collaborating with leading institutions and academic researchers in areas of mutual interest. These areas include:
- Resilient Architectures and Robust Electronics
- Private AI Collaborative Research Institute
- Crypto Frontiers Research Center
- Scalable Assurance
- Intel Collaborative Research Institutes – Safe Automated Vehicles
- Side Channel Academic Program
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
Intel coordinates Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Programs, partnering with leading academic institutions to provide hands-on guidance to help students gain experience in security and privacy research. REUs also build a more diverse and inclusive talent pipeline
Awards and Recognition
The Intel Academic Excellence awards seek to highlight researchers making an impact on the security and trustworthiness of the computing ecosystem, tackling complex problems, and who are increasing the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in computer science
- Hardware Security Academic Award
- Outstanding Researcher Awards
- Academic Leadership Awards
- Rising Star Faculty Awards
Researcher in Residence
The Researcher in Residence program allows university professors to take a sabbatical from their university work so that they can work side-by-side with Intel’s security researchers, taking advantage of Intel’s lab facilities and capabilities. In 2022, the first program candidate, Professor Yossi Oren, was co-located with the Intel iSTARE team.
Open Source Security
Open Source Software (OSS) has grown in prominence over the years and has become a key source of innovation and ideas for the industry. Intel has been a contributor to OSS for over 20 years, both within our product portfolio and in critical upstream ecosystems. Intel participates at all levels of the software stack, including:
- Integrated OS and application frameworks
- Cloud, edge, and data center projects
- Browsers and Web-Runtimes
- Machine Learning and AI
- Networking, storage, and databases
- Graphics and media
- Virtualization
- Kernel/OS
- Firmware
- Tools and SDKs
20 years
Intel had invested in hundreds of open source projects over the last 20 years
$250M
In the last 5 years, Intel has invested $250 million in open source security
#1
Intel is the number one corporate contributor to the Linux Kernal
20 years
Intel had invested in hundreds of open source projects over the last 20 years
$250M
In the last 5 years, Intel has invested $250 million in open source security
#1
Intel is the number one corporate contributor to the Linux Kernal
Community Leadership
Intel has been a founding member and major contributor to many of the core security-focused groups working to improve the whole open source ecosystem. Our work within these foundations allows us to have a broad positive impact for all stakeholders. While each group has a different focus and projects, they all aim to uplift the security of open source software for all producers and consumers.
Our work at the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) spans multiple efforts, and all focused on improving the security of how open source software is created, maintained, and delivered throughout software supply chains.
Our work in the Confidential Computing Consortium (CCC) is key to furthering security in cloud and computing that requires high degrees of assurance and security.
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is focused on cloud, containers, and hyper-scaling workloads across multiple cloud-based networks.
“I fundamentally believe in an open source bias, which powers the software-defined infrastructure that transformed the modern data center and ushered in the data-centric era.”
Pat Gelsinger, CEO
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.