Hardware Driver

In computing, a device driver (commonly referred to simply as a driver) is a computer program that operates or controls a particular type of device that is attached to a computer. A driver provides a software interface to hardware devices, enabling operating systems and other computer programs to access hardware functions without needing to know precise details of the hardware being used. A driver communicates with the device through the computer bus or communications subsystem to which the hardware connects. When a calling program invokes a routine in the driver, the driver issues commands to the device. Once the device sends data back to the driver, the driver may invoke routines in the original calling program. Drivers are hardware dependent and operating-system-specific. They usually provide the interrupt handling required for any necessary asynchronous time-dependent hardware interface.

ID: d3f:HardwareDriver
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Informational References

https://d3fend.mitre.org/dao/artifact/d3f:HardwareDriver/

D3FEND Techniques

Name Description

SPARTA Countermeasures

ID Name Description
CM0024 Anti-counterfeit Hardware
CM0083 Antenna Nulling and Adaptive Filtering
CM0086 Filtering and Shuttering
CM0003 TEMPEST
CM0021 Software Digital Signature
CM0044 Cyber-safe Mode
CM0014 Secure boot