TAIPEI, Taiwan – Aug. 31, 2026, by Sun Square Tech

TAIPEI, Taiwan – August 17, 2026 – Sun Square today announced that its Co-Founder and Chief Cybersecurity Advisor, SZ Lin, will speak at the Cybersecurity Forum at SEMICON West 2026, taking place October 13–15 at Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. 

His 15-minute presentation, “From Compliance to Reality: Closing the Gap Between Cybersecurity Requirements and Equipment Behavior,” will examine the gap between demonstrating cybersecurity compliance in documentation and verifying how deployed equipment, components, interfaces, and configurations actually behave in operational environments. 

As semiconductor manufacturers and equipment suppliers face increasing cybersecurity expectations from industry standards, customer requirements, and regulations such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), Lin will highlight several recurring implementation challenges: 

• The Default Configuration Trap – Security capabilities are available, but insecure default configurations remain in deployment.  
• Dormant Security – Security functions exist but are disabled, unused, or not operationally integrated.  
• Risk Without Context – Vulnerabilities are assessed without sufficient consideration of actual exposure, system architecture, or operational impact.  
• The Verification Blind Spot – Compliance evidence exists, but the security behavior of integrated and deployed equipment has not been sufficiently verified.  

Rather than focusing on cybersecurity standards clause by clause, the presentation will examine how requirements translate into actual equipment behavior and where gaps can emerge during product development, configuration, system integration, deployment, and maintenance. 

Lin will also introduce a practical approach connecting cybersecurity requirements, supplier evidence, configuration, integration testing, and operational verification, helping manufacturers move from compliance documentation toward demonstrable product and equipment security. 

Session Details

From Compliance to Reality: Closing the Gap Between Cybersecurity Requirements and Equipment Behavior 

SPEAKER: SZ Lin, Co-Founder and Chief Cybersecurity Advisor, Sun Square

DATE: Wednesday, October 14, 2026

TIME: 1:00 PM–1:15 PM Pacific Time 

For event details and registration, please visit the SEMICON West 2026 registration page. 

About SZ Lin (林上智) 

SZ Lin is Co-Founder and Chief Cybersecurity Advisor of Sun Square. He has more than 15 years of experience across cybersecurity, open source and embedded systems, with work spanning energy, oil and gas, semiconductor manufacturing, transportation, and industrial automation. 

He actively contributes to the development of the ISA/IEC 62443 standards and participates in international industrial cybersecurity initiatives including ISASecure and the SEMI Semiconductor Manufacturing Cybersecurity Consortium (SMCC). His work focuses on translating cybersecurity standards and regulatory requirements into practical product security architecture, engineering processes, technical evidence, and conformity readiness. 

Lin received the 2025 SEMICON Taiwan 20 Under 40 Industry Contribution Award and the 2025 SEMICON West Outstanding Contribution Award in recognition of his contributions to advancing industrial cybersecurity in the semiconductor sector. 

Sun Squareについて

Sun Square provides industrial cybersecurity, product security, ISA/IEC 62443 advisory, EU Cyber Resilience Act readiness, open source and software supply chain security, and OT cybersecurity training services for manufacturers, critical infrastructure operators, and technology suppliers. 

With operations in Taiwan and Japan, Sun Square helps industrial organizations translate global cybersecurity standards and regulatory requirements into practical engineering implementation and sustainable product security capabilities.