{"id":373019,"date":"2026-10-01T14:04:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=373019"},"modified":"2026-10-01T14:57:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:27:24","slug":"aashvast-labs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/aashvast-labs\/","title":{"rendered":"AASHVAST Labs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Indian Army will soon operate six AASHVAST labs to inspect drones and, eventually, CCTV cameras for firmware-level vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About AASHVAST Labs<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fdel27-6.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.99422-6\/794413525_1560368382059052_5667834927097848705_n.png?stp=dst-jpg_tt6&amp;cstp=mx1122x1402&amp;ctp=s640x640&amp;_nc_cat=110&amp;_nc_map=urlgen_bucketless&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=833d8c&amp;_nc_ohc=ahu8FB4JlQMQ7kNvwG7KKfM&amp;_nc_oc=AdojBSYkFLNa_c6N5ENupfyx62Z5BCuzpEmCUxMX_Jb_n-r4rGALZ_4Y9aycORtRqebO8gsWLUw8dnYSEgDUjVRQ&amp;_nc_zt=14&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fdel27-6.fna&amp;_nc_gid=MZeShIvNpdrdkrKWzsnFsA&amp;_nc_ss=7b289&amp;oh=00_AQPgSH_bk9djO1wPDczPIrMCdifhIH2tx8bNzLn2TYB9pA&amp;oe=6AC3AD7A\" alt=\"AASHVAST LABS\" width=\"230\" height=\"288\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Indian Defence Times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>AASHVAST<\/strong> stands for <strong>Assessment and Analysis of Electronic Systems Hardware for Vulnerabilities and Security Threats<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is a <strong>firmware analysis and validation suite<\/strong> developed by <strong>QuickPay Pvt. Ltd.<\/strong> for the <strong>Directorate General of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (DG EME)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective:<\/strong> To detect <strong>firmware-level and embedded-system vulnerabilities<\/strong> and identify <strong>foreign-origin components<\/strong> in defence electronic systems, including those that may be misrepresented in procurement records.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Indian Army is establishing six AASHVAST labs<\/strong> across India; one has been inaugurated in <strong>Delhi<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Initial focus:<\/strong> <strong>Army UAVs\/drones<\/strong>, with other electronic systems such as CCTV cameras potentially covered later.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key capabilities:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Detects <strong>hidden passwords, embedded keys and remote-access tools<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Identifies <strong>foreign-origin components and proprietary protocols<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Detects <strong>geospatial and time-based vulnerabilities<\/strong> that could affect drone operations.<\/li>\n<li>Identifies <strong>hidden or unused code<\/strong> that could cause malfunction or premature termination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Indian Army will soon operate six AASHVAST labs to inspect drones and, eventually, CCTV cameras for firmware-level vulnerabilities. About AASHVAST Labs AASHVAST stands for Assessment and Analysis of Electronic Systems Hardware for Vulnerabilities and Security Threats. It is a firmware analysis and validation suite developed by QuickPay Pvt. Ltd. for the Directorate General&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/aashvast-labs\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AASHVAST Labs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11959,1760,12039],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-373019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-defence","category-polity-and-nation","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}