--- title: Android Architecture & Security Model: TEE, Verified... description: Android's security model relies on layered defense-in-depth across four main pillars. The Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) and StrongBox keep cryptographic... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/android-architecture-security-model-tee-verified-boot-and-selinux-bytgusgtd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Android Architecture & Security Model: TEE, Verified Boot, and SELinux | daily.dev og:description: Android's security model relies on layered defense-in-depth across four main pillars. The Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) and StrongBox keep cryptographic... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/android-architecture-security-model-tee-verified-boot-and-selinux-bytgusgtd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/BYTgusGTd.png og:image:alt: Android Architecture & Security Model: TEE, Verified Boot, and SELinux og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Android Architecture & Security Model: TEE, Verified Boot, and SELinux **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 13 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Android's security model relies on layered defense-in-depth across four main pillars. The Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) and StrongBox keep cryptographic keys in dedicated hardware inaccessible to the OS, solving the key storage problem. Verified Boot establishes a cryptographic chain of trust from hardware fuses through the bootloader and partitions using dm-verity, preventing persistent rootkits. SELinux enforces mandatory access control that even root cannot bypass, containing compromise blast radius. The article also covers the platform foundation (Linux kernel, HAL, ART, UID sandbox), encryption evolution from FDE to FBE, anti-exploitation mechanisms (ASLR, KASLR, seccomp-BPF), and real-world CVEs demonstrating where each layer has been attacked. Practical guidance is provided for both developers (use hardware-backed Keystore, test with enforcing SELinux) and security researchers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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