# Security overview

Qualcomm^®^ Linux^®^ is an advanced security framework designed to protect devices running on Qualcomm Linux. It integrates several critical components and methodologies to ensure robust security across various layers of the system.

## Qualcomm Linux product security

The Qualcomm Linux product security provides a comprehensive framework designed to protect devices from both software and hardware threats. Its security foundations ensure robust protection, high performance, and energy efficiency.

The following figure shows the major components of the security foundation framework.

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**Figure : Qualcomm Linux Security foundations**

The following list describes each component within the Qualcomm Linux secure foundations:

- [Cryptography](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70022-11/topic/features.html#section-cryptography-features): Provides enhanced security and faster encryption/decryption operations through crypto engines and hardware keys.
- [Key management](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70022-11/topic/features.html#section-key-management-features): Uses a one-time programmable (OTP) electronic fuses (eFuse) memory referred as the Qualcomm fuse programmable read only memory (QFPROM) to store generic information and configurations.
- [Storage security](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70022-11/topic/features.html#section-storage-security-features): Offers encrypted storage for digital rights management (DRM) keys and certificates. These keys are securely provisioned. The replay protected memory block (RPMB) is a separate partition in the universal flash storage (UFS) device designed for secure data storage.
- [Secure boot](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70022-11/topic/features.html#section-secure-boot-features): Offers image authentication and tamper-resistant root of trust (RoT) in eFuse.
- Debug security: Allows debugging in a secure environment. It’s set by an eFuse and restricts the invasive (INV) and non-invasive (NINV) debug capabilities in commercial products and reverse engineering. For more information, see [Learn the architecture - Before debugging on Armv8-A](https://developer.arm.com/documentation/102408/0100).
- [Access control](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70022-11/topic/features.html#section-access-control-features): Prevents unauthorized code execution using the access-controlled memory and peripherals.
- [Qualcomm® Trusted Execution Environment (Qualcomm TEE)](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70022-11/topic/features.html#section-qualcomm-tee-features): Isolates the secure and non‑secure software operations. It’s built on the Arm^®^ TrustZone^®^ architecture and has a rigorously reviewed small code base.
- [Qualcomm Hypervisor](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70022-11/topic/features.html#section-qualcomm-hypervisor-features): Allows many operating system environments to run simultaneously and independently.
- [Qualcomm® wireless edge services (WES)](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70022-11/topic/features.html#section-qualcomm-wes-features): A cloud-based service that ensures trust throughout the device lifecycle using hardware RoT. Qualcomm WES provides services such as hardware‑based attestation, zero‑touch device provisioning, and chipset feature management.

Note

See [Hardware SoCs](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-70022-115/soc.html) that are supported on Qualcomm Linux.

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## Next steps

- To learn about TrustZone and security framework, see [Security architecture](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70022-11/topic/architecture.html#architecture).
- To explore the full range of integrated protections and capabilities, see [Security features](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70022-11/topic/features.html#features).
- To learn about security tools and how to integrate them into your workflows, see [Security tools](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70022-11/topic/tools.html#tools).

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