6 Oct, 2014

Demonstrations of Key Security Technologies for Building Affordable Security-Critical Systems

2014-10-06T10:13:11+00:00

Lynx Software Technologies shows live demonstrations of the LynxOS 7.0 secure RTOS and LynxSecure 5.2 Separation Kernel Hypervisor BALTIMORE, MD – October 6, 2014–Lynx Software Technologies is exhibiting and demonstrating key security products at MILCOM 2014 in Baltimore from 6-8 October. With the theme of MILCOM being “Affordable Mission Success – Meeting the Challenge,” Lynx will be showing how its two key security products can dramatically reduce the cost of building secure systems. The first demonstration will show the LynxOS 7.0 RTOS, which has been recently enhanced to include built-in security functionality to offer medium assurance security controls, not usually available in an RTOS. This built-in security functionality will enable developers of real-time mission critical systems to easily control how their connected systems can be protected from adversaries, especially cyber threats that are becoming more prevalent in the global war on terror. The LynxOS 7.0 demonstration will focus on some key defense capabilities, such as access control lists, audit, quotas, local trusted path, account management, trusted menu manager, and OpenPAM, which, when used effectively in tactical mission systems, can help reduce the [...]

5 Aug, 2014

Lynx Software Technologies Appoints New German Distributor

2014-08-05T12:54:01+00:00

Safety critical software specialist Embedded Office strengthens support for Lynx customers in the DACH region SAN JOSE, CA – August 5, 2014–Lynx Software Technologies, a world leader in real-time embedded solutions today announced that it has strengthened its support for customers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) with the appointment of Embedded Office, a specialist in safety-critical embedded applications, as its distributor. Lee Cresswell, Sales Director, EMEA, Lynx Software Technologies, said, "The DACH region is a centre of design activity both for our traditional aerospace, industrial and medical markets and for the Internet of Things where we are seeing increasing traction. Recognizing this, Lynx has identified Embedded Office as a strong partner that has the technical skills and relationships to strengthen our presence in the region. Embedded Office will operate well beyond the business development role and provide first line technical support and consultancy services to DACH customers." Michael Hillmann, CEO, Embedded Office added, "Lynx products are the baseline for our many customers in safety critical industries and are attracting growing attention from developers of connected embedded systems seeking quality real time [...]

5 Aug, 2014

Lynx Software Technologies Appoints New German Distributor

2014-08-05T10:15:09+00:00

Safety critical software specialist Embedded Office strengthens support for Lynx customers in the DACH region SAN JOSE, CA – August 5, 2014–Lynx Software Technologies, a world leader in real-time embedded solutions today announced that it has strengthened its support for customers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) with the appointment of Embedded Office, a specialist in safety-critical embedded applications, as its distributor. Lee Cresswell, Sales Director, EMEA, Lynx Software Technologies, said, "The DACH region is a centre of design activity both for our traditional aerospace, industrial and medical markets and for the Internet of Things where we are seeing increasing traction. Recognizing this, Lynx has identified Embedded Office as a strong partner that has the technical skills and relationships to strengthen our presence in the region. Embedded Office will operate well beyond the business development role and provide first line technical support and consultancy services to DACH customers." Michael Hillmann, CEO, Embedded Office added, "Lynx products are the baseline for our many customers in safety critical industries and are attracting growing attention from developers of connected embedded systems seeking quality real time [...]

20 May, 2014

LynuxWorks Changes Company Name to Lynx Software Technologies

2014-05-20T12:55:30+00:00

New name reflects broad market adoption of LynxOS and LynxSecure products in connected embedded systems SAN JOSE, CA–May 20, 2014–LynuxWorks, Inc., a world leader in real-time embedded solutions, today announced its new name: Lynx Software Technologies. Gurjot Singh, CEO, Lynx Software Technologies, said, "As the LynxOS RTOS family of products and the LynxSecure separation kernel hypervisor continue to gain increased traction both with our current customers and markets, and with the new Internet connected embedded world, the Lynx Software Technologies name offers the best representation of the company's forward direction. One reason for this increased adoption of both LynxOS and LynxSecure products is their unique ability to protect connected embedded devices and the Internet of Things (IoT) from advanced cyber threats." Over its 25 year history, the company's products have been used in successive generations of embedded devices, always providing fail-safe reliability with the highest levels of performance. They continue to be baseline solutions to developers building aerospace and defense, avionics, medical, industrial, consumer, office automation, transportation, and security applications and devices. Also, as the new IoT connected embedded world is growing [...]

10 Mar, 2014

Three Oman C-130 Aircraft to be Upgraded with Rockwell Collins Flight2 Integrated Avionics System Running on LynuxWorks’ LynxOS-178 Real-time Operating System

2014-03-10T12:56:40+00:00

SAN JOSE—March 10, 2014—LynuxWorks™, Inc, a world leader in the embedded software market, announced the LynxOS-178 real-time operating system (RTOS) will be used in the Rockwell Collins Flight2 avionics management system. The deployment of the Rockwell Collins Flight2 avionics system will be for the Royal Air Force of Oman's C-130 upgrade program. The Rockwell Collins Flight2 avionics system will provide the Royal Air Force of Oman C-130 aircraft with unrestricted access to global airspace by meeting Communication, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) airspace requirements that are currently identified. Included in the avionics upgrade are new primary flight displays, state-of-the-art flight management system, autopilot, communication radios, navigation sensors and surveillance systems including MultiScan Hazard Detection Weather Radar, Traffic Alert Collision Avoidance System, Terrain Awareness and Warning System and digital map. The upgrade of the three planes will provide the Oman Air Force with state-of-the-art capabilities consistent with the world's leading C-130 operators. "The use of LynxOS-178 in the Rockwell Collins Flight2 system is the latest example of its pedigree in critical avionics flight deck programs," stated Robert Day, VP of LynuxWorks, Inc. "This [...]

18 Sep, 2013

LynuxWorks Announces the First Rootkit Detection System Powered by the LynxSecure Separation Kernel

2013-09-18T13:02:49+00:00

LONDON, UK—September 18, 2013—LynuxWorks™, Inc, a technology leader in the cyber threat defense market, today announced at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit in London, the RDS5201, a new and unique product to help detect the stealthiest of advanced persistent threats (APT), the rootkit. Built on the LynxSecure 5.2 separation kernel and hypervisor (announced at the RSA 2013 Conference in February), this small-form-factor appliance has been designed to offer a unique detection capability that complements traditional security mechanisms as they try to protect against the growing number and complexity of cyber threats. The RDS5201 Rootkit Detection System is a custom-built hardened appliance, which detects low-level, zero-day rootkits—the lethal payload of most APTs. The detection is direct (i.e., not done by statistical analysis or other indirect techniques) and is coupled with immediate, automated, live visual forensic data. The RDS5201 serves as a smart proactive sensor against APT attacks in IT networks and reduces the agonizing detection of APTs from weeks/months to seconds, and is the first and only technology capable of detecting and alerting against such threats in real-time. "Rootkits are becoming [...]

6 Jun, 2013

LynuxWorks Appoints New EMEA Sales Director

2013-06-06T13:05:14+00:00

SAN JOSÉ, CA—June 6, 2013—LynuxWorks™, Inc, a world leader in secure virtualization and real-time operating systems (RTOS), today announced the appointment of Lee Cresswell as Sales Director, EMEA. He brings 20 years' experience of embedded software sales to LynuxWorks' European sales organization. Commenting, Robert Day, VP of Sales and Marketing, LynuxWorks, said, "LynuxWorks has a very strong portfolio of EMEA customers and an outstanding reputation for hard RTOS and embedded security solutions. Lee Cresswell is the right sales professional to capitalize on this position and deliver growth as we launch LynxOS 7.0 and roll out new embedded security solutions. We believe that Lee's strong international embedded software sales experience and track record in successfully managing regional sales teams and channel partners will help us develop our profile in the EMEA market further." Lee Cresswell added, "LynuxWorks has one of the strongest brands in the embedded operating system market, and has an outstanding reputation for world-leading technology. I am excited to be offered the opportunity to take this technology to the EMEA market, and to take a strong and successful business to a [...]

5 Jun, 2013

LynuxWorks Announces LynxOS 7.0 with New Security Features to Protect Embedded Connected Devices

2013-06-05T13:19:11+00:00

  As more embedded devices connect to the Internet and each other, LynxOS 7.0 meets the increasing security requirements for real-time operating systems SAN JOSÉ, CA—June 5, 2013—LynuxWorks™, Inc, a world leader in the embedded software market, today announced LynxOS® 7.0, the next generation of their most popular real-time operating system (RTOS) enabling embedded developers to add security functionality to their connected devices. The open standards-based LynxOS has been powering millions of embedded devices for the last 25 years across all industries and now adds significant new features to help meet the needs of the billions of next-generation connected devices. Due to the ubiquity of the Internet, a network infrastructure is now in place for the "Internet of Things"—new world of tens of billions of connected devices. The majority of those devices are expected to be hubs and sensor nodes, collecting data and transmitting it from machine-to-machine (M2M). Application examples include aerospace and defense communication infrastructure, industrial automation, smart meters, fleet management, device monitoring, medical and patient monitoring and situational awareness. With cyber threats being more sophisticated, and more of the critical [...]

4 Jun, 2013

LynuxWorks Announces Broad Support for 4th Generation Intel Core Processor Family

2013-06-04T13:21:36+00:00

LynxOS, LynxOS-178 and LynxSecure all moving to the new Intel® microarchitecture SAN JOSÉ, CA—June 4, 2013—In conjunction with the launch of the 4th Generation Intel® Core™ processor family (formerly code-named "Haswell"), LynuxWorks™, Inc, a world leader in the embedded software market, announced support of the new Intel® Core™ i7 and i5 processor families for all three of its major product lines, including LynxOS®, LynxOS-178 and LynxSecure. LynxOS is a fully pre-emptive, deterministic, hard real-time embedded operating system (RTOS) with a POSIX® application interface. LynxOS-178 is a time and space partitioned version of LynxOS that is designed for safety-critical applications such as FAA-certified avionics applications. LynxSecure is a separation kernel and embedded type-0 hypervisor that provides an environment in which multiple guest operating systems and their applications can execute at the same time, in their own virtual partitions, without compromising security, reliability or data integrity. "The 4th generation Intel® Core™ i7 and Core™ i5 processors deliver a significant performance jump over their predecessors by combining 22nm process technology with numerous core improvements including transactional synchronization extensions (TSX), next generation branch prediction, more instruction [...]

30 Apr, 2013

Virtualization Security: LynuxWorks Awarded Most Significant New Software Product at Design West Conference

2013-04-30T10:21:27+00:00

LynxSecure embedded hypervisor offers new approach to zero-day rootkit and bootkit defense SAN JOSÉ, CA—April 30, 2013—LynuxWorks™, Inc, a world leader in secure virtualization and real-time operating systems (RTOS), was given the 2013 Embeddy Award for the most significant new software product at the DESIGN West Conference. The award was presented by VDC Research Group (VDC), the sponsor of the Embeddy Awards. LynxSecure virtualization security technology wins VDC Best of Show at Design West AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0','width','352','height','288','id','FLVPlayer','src','/FLVPlayer_Progressive','flashvars','&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=/Clear_Skin_1&streamName=/video/virtualization-security&autoPlay=false&autoRewind=false','quality','high','scale','noscale','name','FLVPlayer','salign','lt','pluginspage','http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','movie','/FLVPlayer_Progressive' ); //end AC code LynxSecure in the VDC Research blog "VDC would like to congratulate LynuxWorks for being selected our software Embeddy award winner at DESIGN West 2013," stated Jared Weiner, analyst for VDC Research Group. "With many of today's M2M connected systems vastly under-protected, LynxSecure provides a straightforward way to protect devices from the worst types of cyber threats." New security features in the LynxSecure embedded hypervisor offers real-time detection, alert and protection against new cyber threats—including zero-day rootkits and bootkits. This is the most sophisticated and lethal type of malware—stealthy and extremely potent. A device is often infected a long time before the actual [...]