We are proud to announce the launch of CHEST – the Center for Hardware and Embedded Systems Security and Trust. With the support of the National Science Foundation, George Mason University, Northeastern University, the University of Cincinnati, the University of Connecticut, the University of Texas at Dallas, and the University of Virginia and have creating this joint center focused on the needs of industry in the security of hardware of cyberphysical systems and the Internet-of-Things and the circuits and embedded systems that underlie them.