Dave Kleidermacher, Green Hills Software CTO writes for EETimes about security issues, sharing his insights on techniques to improve the security of software for highly critical embedded systems.
* Note: Opinions stated are those of the author and may or may not represent Green Hills Software’s positions, strategies, or opinions.
Book worms 4/30/12
Father and son team write the book on embedded systems security. Plus a flaw a day for Android.
Muscle cars 1/20/12
Software-borne features and system virtualization have become key differentiators for automotive OEMs.
Monolithic stupidity
11/18/11
Microkernel vs. monolithic? Duqu, a Stuxnet-like worm, proves the monolithic operating system is dangerous.
Take your medicine, eat your SOUP 8/20/11
The FDA should scrap its panel for approving medical device and learn some lessons from the FAA.
The INTEGRITY-178B RTOS
has been evaluated by the National Security
Agency and certified by National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP)
to EAL6+ High Robustness for the protection of classified information against
well funded sophisticated attackers. That is secure by anyone’s definition.
The highest security standard to which any other operating system (Windows,
Linux, Solaris & others) has ever been certified only protects against “inadvertent
or casual attempts to breach the system security.” That is not even
close to secure by anyone’s definition.
INTEGRITY is the only secure operating system.
Proven Deployed Technology
The INTEGRITY and INTEGRITY-178B RTOSes have been deployed for over 10 years in systems that require absolute
security and total reliability:
Flying the Boeing B1-B intercontinental nuclear bomber, the Boeing
787 Dreamliner, Lockheed Martin’s
F-16, F-22 & F-35, and dozens of other aircraft
Securing military computers, networks, routers, cell phones, and
radios
Widespread adoption in medical, industrial, and networking products
Running a multitude of consumer products from printers to kitchen
ovens
The Universal Operating System
INTEGRITY can secure virtually any
computer or computer controlled device from attack, even systems running
operating systems such as Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Solaris, Palm OS, Symbian,
or VxWorks, whether it is in a PC, server, networking equipment, embedded
system, smart phone, or critical infrastructure. INTEGRITY has more than
a decade of fielded deployment in the following industries:
INTEGRITY Global Security is the leading expert in providing the highest-certified
level of IT security solutions for government, military and commercial
enterprises.
The foundation of INTEGRITY Global Security is the INTEGRITY operating
system, the only operating system technology certified to EAL6+, High
Robustness.
INTEGRITY was evaluated by the NSA and certified by The National Information
Assurance Partnership (NIAP) against the most rigorous standard for operating
system security, the United States Separation Kernel Protection Profile,
(SKPP). NIAP is a U.S. Government initiative originated to meet the security
testing needs of both information technology (IT) consumers and producers
and is operated by the National Security Agency (NSA). SKPP is the security
standard sponsored by the NSA that specifies security requirements for “high
robustness” operating systems. High robustness operating systems
control computer systems that manage and protect high value resources
in the face of attacks by resourceful adversaries. According to Department
of Defense (DOD) guidance, High Robustness refers to “security
services and mechanisms that provide the most stringent protection and
rigorous security countermeasures.”
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