The equipment attackers need has gotten cheaper and cheaper, and it’s simple to do, so a hacker can easily attack your device spending as little as a few hundred dollars, unless protection against these attacks is built in. Whether or not you’re concerned about these attacks, if you need to comply with regulations, or pass a security certification which includes these attacks (for example, high levels of NIST and Common Criteria), you’ll find that in order to secure your device you’ll need to give up the latency and throughput, or area, or both. It’s a tough tradeoff. Security vs functionality. But we have news for you! You don’t have to choose anymore!