IOT SECURITY CONFERENCE PAPER HIGHLIGHTS KEY ROLE OF HYPERVISOR TECHNOLOGY.
READING, UK – Monday, 13 October, 2014–Lynx Software Technologies (UK) Ltd. today advised that it is exhibiting and presenting a paper at the Electronics Design Show, Coventry, UK, 22-23 October 2014. It will be focusing on solutions for protecting the fast-evolving Internet of Things, including its LynxSecure Separation Kernel Hypervisor.
During the event, Will Keegan, Technical Director, Software Security, Lynx Software Technologies will be delivering a paper entitled “Protecting the IoT network gateway”. He comments, “In the past, most IoT endpoints have been connected to closed and proprietary networks. These endpoints are now being connected to each other and to remote machines via the Internet, and are thus exposed to any number of well documented threats. It is vital to ensure the trustworthiness of the gateway between these networks rather than merely protecting the endpoints, particularly in a safety critical industrial setting.”
In his presentation he will explore the threats to such gateways, suggest suitable architectures of an appropriate gateway to guard against them, and reflect upon the development processes to implement these architectures in accordance with the IEC 61508 standards. The presentation will take place at 13.15 on October 22nd.
Internet of Things security product demonstrations
Lynx will be demonstrating key parts of its security product portfolio showing how the embedded sensors, aggregators & routers, and even endpoints & servers can be protected using the LynxOS 7.0 RTOS and/or LynxSecure embedded hypervisor.
About LynxOS 7.0
As more embedded devices connect to the Internet and each other, LynxOS 7.0 meets the increasing security requirements for real-time operating systems. LynxOS 7.0 brings military-grade security features into the operating system allowing developers to embed these features as they design their system, rather than adding security as an afterthought. This security can be used to protect both user accessible and also M2M based embedded devices, and includes features such as access control lists, audit, quotas, local trusted path, account management, trusted menu manager and OpenPAM.
About LynxSecure Separation Kernel Hypervisor
The separation kernel and “Type-0” hypervisor is an award winning bare-metal architecture, designed from the ground up, that differentiates from type 1 hypervisors by removing the un-needed functionality from the “security sensitive” hypervisor mode, yet virtualizes guest OSes in a tiny stand-alone package. By combining the best-of-breed capabilities of the separation kernel technology and virtualization, LynxSecure provides unmatched capabilities to run one or more guest OS (real-time or GPOS) on embedded, desktop or server platforms. LynxSecure provides one of the most flexible secure virtualization solutions for use in Intel® architecture-based embedded and IT computer systems. Designed to maintain the highest levels of military security, LynxSecure offers an industry-leading combination of security with functionality, allowing developers and integrators to use the latest software and hardware technologies to build complex OS-based systems.
About Lynx Software Technologies
Lynx Software Technologies is world leader in secure virtualization and open and reliable real-time operating system (RTOS). The company’s LynxOS family of RTOSes offers open standards with the highest level of safety and security features, enabling many mission-critical systems in defense, avionics, industrial and other industries. The latest product in the product portfolio, the award winning LynxSecure, offers a secure separation kernel hypervisor that forms a virtualization platform for securing both embedded and IT systems. Since it was established in 1988, Lynx Software Technologies has created technology that has been successfully deployed in thousands of designs and millions of products made by leading communications, industrial, transportation, avionics, aerospace/defense and consumer electronics companies. Lynx Software Technologies’ headquarters are located in San Jose, CA. For more information, visit www.lynx.com
LynuxWorks, LynxOS, LynxOS-178 and LynxSecure are trademarks or registered trademarks of Lynx Software Technologies, Inc. Other brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of the respective holders.
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