New features added to the LynxSecure separation kernel help protect embedded systems from advanced cyber threats SAN JOSÉ, CA, Design West 2013 and Black Hat Embedded Security Summit—April 23, 2013—LynuxWorks™, Inc, a world leader in secure virtualization and real-time operating systems (RTOS), today announced that they are adding new security features to the LynxSecure embedded hypervisor to offer real-time detection, alert and protection against new cyber threats—including zero-day rootkits and bootkits. As more embedded devices are connected to the outside world, as well as being connected to each other (machine-to-machine), the more they are vulnerable to malicious cyber threats seeking to threaten critical infrastructure, financial infrastructure and corporate domains. LynxSecure is based on separation kernel technology and was designed from the ground up with security as a key design goal. Adding virtualization to the separation kernel allows for multiple different guest operating systems (OS), both real-time and general purpose, to run in secure domains on a single embedded system. LynxSecure 5.2 is the latest version of this established product and adds a new feature that offers real-time detection of stealthy advanced persistent [...]

SAN JOSÉ, CA and CASTLE ROCK, CO—April 16, 2013—LynuxWorks™, Inc and Twin Oaks Computing, Inc. announced today their partnership to deliver Twin Oaks Computings' CoreDX Data Distribution Service (DDS) communication middleware on LynuxWorks' LynxOS®-178 safety-critical embedded real-time operating system (RTOS). Together, LynuxWorks and Twin Oaks Computing's open-standards based solution is in alignment with the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE™) Technical Standards, enabling applications to be even more portable and reusable than ever before for the airborne computing environment used by the U.S. Army, Navy and other military branches. The FACE Technical Standards provide guidelines for creating a common operating environment to support applications across multiple Department of Defense avionics systems. The standard is designed to enhance the U.S. military aviation community's ability to address issues of limited software reuse and accelerate and enhance war fighter capabilities, as well as enabling the community to take advantage of new technologies more rapidly and affordably. The FACE Reference Architecture specifies an infrastructure that provides a common interface for Operating System Services, I/O Services, Platform-specific Services, Transport Services, and Portable Components resulting in applications that may [...]

LynxSecure 5.2 adds new features to help protect endpoints against the most potent and stealthy advanced persistent threats. SAN FRANCISCO, CA—RSA Conference 2013, February 26, 2013—LynuxWorks™, Inc, a world leader in secure virtualization, today announced that they will be demonstrating the industry's first technology capable of real-time detection, alert and protection against zero-day rootkits and bootkits. Rootkits are the most sophisticated and lethal type of malware—stealthy and extremely potent. When resident on endpoint devices, the LynxSecure 5.2 product can help security experts and IT staff discover rootkit infections and neutralize them, and then easily remotely clean infected machines, thereby preventing future infections. LynxSecure 5.2 is the next version of the established secure separation kernel and hypervisor from LynuxWorks. Designed from the ground up with security as a key design goal, this military-grade virtualization solution is now available for Enterprise users. It is small, secure and offers high performance that is well-suited to today's modern roaming endpoints, such as laptops and hybrids. Now adding a feature that does real-time detection of stealthy advanced persistent threats such as rootkits, brings the use of this [...]

SAN DIEGO, CA—January 29, 2013—LynuxWorks™, Inc, a world leader in the embedded software market, announced LynxOS-178 RTOS is flying high. The recent announcement by Rockwell Collins that its Pro Line Fusion® integrated avionics system that uses LynxOS-178 is now in service on the Gulfstream G280™, marks the system's debut in the super mid-size business jet market segment. "This deployment is a major step in the continued widespread use of LynxOS-178 in avionics systems," stated Robert Day, Marketing VP for LynuxWorks. "New market segments, such as the business jet market, further expand the reach of standards-based software and benefit from the software's ability to reduce the time and cost of platform development and its subsequent certification." Earlier this year, LynuxWorks received Advisory Circular AC 20-148 approval from the FAA for reusable software components (RSC) authorized for the LynxOS-178 product used in the Rockwell Collins Adaptive Flight Display Runtime, Common Computing Module Runtime, Data Concentration Module Runtime and Synthetic Vision Module Runtime for Pro Line Fusion. About Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion Pro Line Fusion offers unmatched breadth and capabilities that span from turboprops [...]

SAN JOSÉ, CA—November 27, 2012—LynuxWorks™, Inc, a world leader in the embedded software market, today announced the certification by Rockwell Collins of LynuxWorks' LynxOS-178 real-time operating system (RTOS) Version 2.2.2 for use in their Pro Line Fusion integrated avionics system. Rockwell Collins' Pro Line Fusion was granted certification in spring 2012, from Transport Canada (TC) on the Bombardier Vision™ Flight Deck. This marked the first certification of Pro Line Fusion on a customer aircraft. The Bombardier Vision Flight Deck with Pro Line Fusion is featured on Bombardier's Global 5000™ and Global 6000™ business jets and will be featured on the Learjet 85™ aircraft. "The latest certification of LynxOS-178 by Transport Canada in the Rockwell Collins Pro Line avionics system is another major milestone for LynuxWorks in the avionics market," stated Robert Day, Marketing VP for LynuxWorks. "This further demonstrates that a standards-based approach for software reuse in airborne systems is viable and can significantly reduce the time and cost of achieving certification." Bombardier Aerospace and Rockwell Collins were the first to feature synthetic vision on a head-up display, which leverages LynxOS as [...]

Secure separation kernel pairs with small form factor ruggedized quad-core system to offer solution for high-performance military applications SAN JOSÉ, CA—November 12, 2012—LynuxWorks™, Inc, a world leader in the embedded safety and security software market, today announced LynuxWorks' LynxOS®-SE real-time operating system (RTOS) has been selected by ITT Exelis for their new line of software-defined radios (SDR) that includes Soldier Radio, Rifleman Radio and SideHat® variants for the U.S. and International SDR markets. SDR must be certified by the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Joint Program Executive Office to be compliant with its standards for Software Communications Architecture (SCA) 2.2.2 and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). ITT Exelis Operating Environment (OE) was certified with no waivers, obtaining the highest degree of compliance. "This selection for the ITT Exelis software-defined radios demonstrates the strength of the security capabilities combined with the high performance of the LynxOS-SE RTOS," stated Robert Day, VP of Marketing for LynuxWorks. "The partitioning capability in LynxOS-SE makes this an ideal solution to meet the complex security requirements demanded in military-grade software defined radios." About LynxOS-SE RTOS Safety, security and reliability [...]

Secure separation kernel pairs with small form factor ruggedized quad core system to offer solution for high performance military applications NASHVILLE, TN, Information Assurance Expo—August 28, 2012—LynuxWorks™, Inc, a world leader in the embedded safety and security software market, today announced LynxSecure support of the Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions' VPX3-1256 3U VPX Intel® Core™ i7 Single Board Computer. Curtiss-Wright also plans, in the near future, to annouce support for LynxSecure on its Intel® Core™ i7 3rd generation processor-based VPX3-1257 single-board computer. LynxSecure is a separation kernel and embedded hypervisor that provides a secure 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. Curtiss-Wright's VPX3-1256 combines an advanced Intel embedded processor, the Intel® Core™ i7 2nd generation quad-core processor, with the high-bandwidth small-form-factor advantages of 3U Open VPX board architecture to deliver a high performance virtualization platform for advanced military embedded systems. The multi-core and virtualization support that LynxSecure offers with these next-generation, ruggedized, single-board-computers with quad-core processors helps maximize the performance and security [...]

Demonstration of secunet SINA Multi-level Workstation using LynuxWorks LynxSecure running multiple secure VDI sessions over single network NASHVILLE, TN, Information Assurance Expo—August 28, 2012—LynuxWorks™, Inc. a world leader in the secure virtualization market, today announced they are demonstrating at Information Assurance Expo a security solution that provides concurrent user access to three isolated thin client sessions running on a single SINA Multi-level Workstation from secunet Security Networks AG over a single network infrastructure to three separate Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Desktop Infrastructures (VDI). This collaborative high-security product was first announced at the RSA Conference in February and this is the first public demonstration of a full system, including the back-end infrastructure and configuration management components. This solution can be used by government agencies and Department of Defense (DoD) programs requiring secure separation of multiple networks on a single workstation or any Enterprise organization with highly sensitive information that needs isolation from malicious computing environments." The SINA Multi-level Workstation (MLW) is a multi-domain thin client access solution running on a standard off-the-shelf laptop. It offers unprecedented security on a low-cost platform, providing access to [...]

First system for effectively analysing new malware threats when away from the corporate network London, UK—April 17, 2012—Secure virtualization provided by LynuxWorks™' LynxSecure embedded hypervisor and separation kernel powers a new portable malware-analysis system by ValidEdge—the MISbook. The MISbook, a full malware-analysis system on a laptop computer, will be formally unveiled at Infosec, London, April 24-26 on Stand G78. The booth will also feature a live demonstration of LynxSecure, a defence-grade hypervisor from LynuxWorks, the parent company of ValidEdge. Visitors are invited to bring samples of malware along to the booth for analysis. The ValidEdge MISbook 2300, to be launched at Infosec, allows malware researchers and incident-response teams to quickly analyse any new and unknown malware and identify its threat rating and classification, even when away from the network. Housed on a secure laptop, the unique MISbook utilises its underlying secure virtualisation platform to offer a standard Linux® or Microsoft® Windows® partition that behaves like a normal laptop. Two other hidden secure partitions offer a management interface to submit and manage malware samples and access analysis results in one secure partition, and [...]

Fritz Technologies, LynuxWorks and TransLattice bring technology and expertise together to produce S.E.C.U.R.E. platform solution DENVER, CO, DoDIIS Worldwide Conference, April 2, 2012—Three companies known for their innovation in producing solutions for government and DoD applications, LynuxWorks™, Inc., TransLattice and Fritz Technologies Corporation, today announced a collaboration of their technologies and expertise to provide a new platform for building cloud deployments in sensitive environments. The resulting S.E.C.U.R.E. (Secure, Enterprise, Cross-Domain, Unified, Resilient Environment) platform solution creates the ideal environment for situations requiring secure hosting of applications, geographic redundancy of applications and data, and secure cross-domain transfer of information. Technology demonstrations at DoDIIS will be available in both the LynuxWorks (#752) and TransLattice booths (#460). A first-generation secure server-based separation kernel (SepKer) solution was delivered by Fritz Technologies, working with the LynxSecure 4.0 separation kernel from LynuxWorks. Fritz Technologies successfully demonstrated that SepKer technology can incorporate trusted boot via the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and enhanced administrative tooling required to support the hosting of multiple domains and application missions whether in a data center, shipboard, airborne or terrestrial deployment. To add resiliency and [...]