As the old axiom goes, “if you have to ask the price, then you can’t afford it.” I’m here to say that nothing could be further from the truth when it comes to securing your network. In fact, depending on the data that you’re protecting, it’s possible that there’s no cost that’s too high. That’s the message I tried to present (well, it was a lot more aggressive than “present”) in this week’s Embedded Insiders podcast. Technology Editor Brandon Lewis and I thought it was important enough to bring in an expert, who happens to be Microsoft’s Dennis Mattoon, who also chairs the Device Identity Composition Engine (DICE) Architectures working group for the Trusted Computing Group (TCG). Dennis walked through what’s happening in this space and what designers should be aware of, as Brandon and I pummeled him with questions.