The IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST) is a leading international conference dedicated to hardware-based security and trust in electronic systems, bringing together researchers, industry experts, and system designers to address challenges in areas such as cryptographic hardware, system-level security, supply chain trust, and emerging threat models. The 2026 edition will take place May 4–7 in Washington, DC. As part of the technical program, Menta will participate as a speaker, addressing how embedded programmability can support secure and adaptable semiconductor architectures. As systems are expected to remain secure over long operational lifecycles, hardware can no longer rely on fixed-function implementations alone. The ability to evolve cryptographic functions, adapt to new threats, and maintain system integrity over time is becoming a structural requirement, and Menta’s contribution will focus on how these capabilities can be designed directly into silicon to enable architectures that combine security, adaptability, and long-term reliability.
