Heidelberg, Germany, 21 September 2016 – Lynx Software Technologies, a world leader in safety and security solutions for the embedded software market, today announced its support for the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) and specifically the Industrial Internet Security Framework (IISF), unveiled today in Heidelberg, Germany. Lynx is a member of the IIC Security Working Group and played an active role in drafting of the Security Framework.
The IIC Security Working Group announced the new the Industrial Internet Security Framework at its members meeting in Heidelberg on September 19, 2016. IISF provides a common security framework developed to address security issues in Industrial Internet of Things systems. It provides details on five characteristics – security, privacy, resilience, reliability and safety – that define “trustworthiness” in Information Technology (IT) systems and Operational Technology (OT) systems. The IISF defines risk, assessments, threats, metrics and performance indicators to help business management protect their organizations.
Stephen Mellor, CTO of the IIC, said “Trustworthiness is at the core of public acceptance of the Internet of Things. Lynx has significant experience of securing connected embedded systems in domains as diverse as medical treatment, industrial systems and connected vehicles. This experience has been invaluable to the Security Working Group as it developed the framework we launch today. We believe IISF creates a context for delivering strong security in applications developed for the industrial environment.”
Robert Day, Vice President of Marketing at Lynx responded, “The success of connected industrial infrastructure rests on providing businesses and users with the assurance that their data and systems are secure. Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) systems need to be secure by design. Lynx is committed to supporting the industry in creating IIoT solutions that have built-in security properties. We fully support the initiative of the IIC in creating a framework that implements that vision, and welcome the launch of its Security Framework today.”
Lynx is also participating in the IIC Security Forum in Sunnyvale, California, Thursday, October 6th 2016. Lynx will have a live demonstration of their LynxSecure separation kernel hypervisor providing military-grade security to an IoT gateway. Lynx will also be represented on the panel discussion at the event.
Lynx Software Technologies LynxSecure 5.3 is a US DoD certified secure virtualization solution based on separation kernel technology. When deployed in an IoT gateway, LynxSecure implements the robust separation of domains, ensuring that the Operational Technology (OT) network hosting the IoT endpoints is securely isolated from the wider Information Technology (IT) network. With a tiny trusted code-base, LynxSecure provides IoT endpoints and gateways with the protection they need by reducing the attack surface exploitable by malicious agents to an absolute minimum, and securely controlling any communications between the OT and IT domains.
About Industrial Internet Consortium
The Industrial Internet Consortium® (IIC™) is an open membership organization with over 250 members from 30 countries, formed to accelerate the development, adoption, and wide-spread use of interconnected machines and devices, intelligent analytics, and people at work. Founded by AT&T, Cisco, General Electric, IBM, and Intel in March 2014, the Industrial Internet Consortium catalyzes and coordinates the priorities and enabling technologies of the Industrial Internet. The Industrial Internet Consortium is managed by the Object Management Group (OMG). For more information, visit www.iiconsortium.org.
About Lynx Software Technologies
Lynx Software Technologies, a world leader in the embedded software market, is committed to providing the highest levels of safety and security in its RTOS and virtualization products. 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, avionics, aerospace/defense, and consumer electronics companies. LynxOS® is a deterministic, hard real-time operating system used in millions of devices that provides POSIX-conformant APIs in a small-footprint embedded kernel. The LynxSecure Separation Kernel Hypervisor is a virtualization technology designed to support embedded, real-time, safety critical, and security critical solutions. The LynxOS®-178 RTOS is the first and only time- and space-partitioned, FAA-accepted Reusable Software Component (RSC). Lynx headquarters are located in San Jose, CA. For more information, visit www.lynx.com
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