Event: embedded world North America 2026
Dates: September 22–24, 2026
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California
Talk: “Embedded Security in the AI Era: Making Memory Bugs Harder to Weaponize”
Speaker: Joe Saunders, Founder and CEO, RunSafe Security
Time: Wednesday, September 23, 2:20PM
RunSafe Security Founder and CEO Joseph M. Saunders will speak at embedded world North America 2026 about how AI is changing software exploitation.
Frontier AI models can now identify vulnerabilities and develop working exploits much faster than traditional processes. For embedded teams managing legacy code, third-party components, and long validation cycles, patching alone can not keep pace.
Joe will explain why memory vulnerabilities become more dangerous as exploit development grows faster and more automated. He will also explore practical ways to make those vulnerabilities harder to weaponize, including memory layout diversification, binary hardening, and runtime protections.
Using the URGENT/11 vulnerabilities as a case study, Joe will show how teams can reduce exploitability without rewriting source code or replacing entire systems.
Attendees will learn how to strengthen long-lived embedded software, apply protections within existing development workflows, and balance security with performance, determinism, and certification requirements.
Heading to embedded world North America 2026? Join the session to learn how mitigation can help embedded systems withstand the next generation of AI-assisted attacks.
