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HABV4

2026

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Introduction to NXP High Assurance Boot: HABv3 and HABv4

Secure boot is a foundational security mechanism in embedded systems. It establishes a hardware-rooted chain of trust that ensures only authenticated software is allowed to execute during system startup. In the NXP i.MX ecosystem, this functionality is implemented through High Assurance Boot (HAB).

Martin Mitkov —

May 8, 2026

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