The real tests are whether the openness includes the hardware's boot
   code. This is often a very sticky issue as discovered flaws in the
   already delivered HW or boot firmware can expose the manufacturer to
   law suits regarding delivery of faulty products.

   On Tue, Nov 26, 2019, 6:45 AM grarpamp <[1]grarpamp@gmail.com> wrote:

     > [2]https://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/detail/1508741
     >Â  Â OBJECTIVE: Current commodity computer hardware and software
     are
     >Â  Â proprietary. A thorough security review cannot be performed on
     >Â  Â systems with undisclosed components. Offeror shall research
     high
     >Â  Â assurance computer security based on a completely open
     hardware and
     >Â  Â software platform following Saltzer and Schroederâs open
     design
     >Â  Â principles from 1975.
     [3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaluation_Assurance_Level
     [4]http://web.mit.edu/Saltzer/www/publications/protection/
     [5]https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs551/saltzer/
     #OpenFabs , #OpenHW , #OpenSW , #OpenAudit
     Now who said there was no demand for that
     and that it would be an unprofitable venture.
     You should have been working on it to get
     the drop on first dibs in the market... now
     you've got to compete with the $Big guys.
     You can still go for EAL7 and EAL8+ :)

References

   1. mailto:grarpamp@gmail.com
   2. https://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/detail/1508741
   3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaluation_Assurance_Level
   4. http://web.mit.edu/Saltzer/www/publications/protection/
   5. https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs551/saltzer/