Wind River Introduces Security Profile for VxWorks to Safeguard IoT Devices
October 07 2014 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
- Security profile for next-generation
real-time operating system delivers capabilities to protect
connected devices at every stage.
- Seamless integration with hardware- and
software-based security capabilities from Wibu-Systems.
- Wind River continues to demonstrate its
commitment to addressing evolving security needs with built-in
security capabilities across its product portfolio.
Wind River®, a world leader in
delivering software for intelligent connected systems, has
introduced a security profile for the next generation version of
its VxWorks® real-time operating system (RTOS). The profile adds
advanced security capabilities to VxWorks 7 to protect Internet of
Things (IoT) devices, data, and intellectual property.
Security Profile for VxWorks delivers capabilities to protect
connected devices at every stage, including, boot-up, operation,
data transmission, and powering down. It also effectively protects
intellectual property from piracy and code from reverse
engineering. Security Profile provides the following comprehensive
set of software-based security features:
- Secure boot: Verifies binaries
at every stage of the boot-up process
- Secure run-time loader: Prevents
unauthorized execution and other forms of tampering with code
- Advanced user management:
Protects devices from unauthorized access and enables the
definition and enforcement of user-based policies and
permissions
- Network security: Incorporates
the latest Wind River security protocols, such as Wind River SSL,
SSH, IPsec, and IKE to effectively secure network
communications
- Encrypted containers: Supports
TrueCrypt-compatible AES-encrypted file containers
For security-critical applications, the profile can be enhanced
and seamlessly integrated with Wibu-Systems’ CodeMeter® hardware-
and software-based solution that has been tested and validated for
interoperability.
“The most robust security is the one that precedes the attack
and evolves in parallel with all other technologies, while meeting
rising market needs,” said Oliver Winzenried, CEO and co-founder of
Wibu-Systems. “The integration of Wibu’s CodeMeter solution with
VxWorks represents a significant milestone that will safeguard
cyber-physical systems in industry, healthcare, energy,
transportation, and military environments.”
“With security becoming increasingly more critical as devices
become more connected, hold more data, and contain valuable IP that
must be protected, this security profile delivers a comprehensive
set of security features to protect devices and data at every
stage,” said Dinyar Dastoor, vice president of product management
at Wind River. “Wind River has been helping companies build secure
devices for 30-plus years, and this is just another proof point of
our commitment to providing robust security capabilities across our
product portfolio.”
Recognized as the industry-leading RTOS, VxWorks boasts a
modular, scalable architecture that separates the VxWorks core from
middleware, applications, and other packages, enabling bug fixes,
upgrades, and new feature additions to be accomplished faster. The
features available as part of Security Profile can be individually
upgraded to newer versions without disrupting the OS core or other
technologies in an installation.
Wind River and Wibu-Systems will be hosting a webcast, titled,
“Enabling Embedded Security for the Internet of Things,” on October
21. For more information and to register for the webcast, visit
http://bit.ly/1rkDsdc.
More information about Security Profile for VxWorks is available
at http://tinyurl.com/VxWorksSecurity. And to learn more about how
Wind River is addressing the opportunities and challenges created
by the Internet of Things, visit http://tinyurl.com/iotsite.
About Wind River
Wind River, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel® Corporation
(NASDAQ:INTC), is a world leader in delivering software for
intelligent connected systems. The company has been pioneering
computing inside embedded devices since 1981, and its technology is
found in nearly 2 billion products. Wind River offers the
industry's most comprehensive embedded software portfolio,
supported by world-class global professional services and support
and a broad partner ecosystem. Wind River delivers the technology
and expertise that enables the innovation and deployment of safe,
secure, and reliable intelligent systems. To learn more, visit Wind
River at www.windriver.com.
Wind River is a trademark or registered trademark of Wind River
Systems, Inc. and its affiliates. Other names may be the trademarks
of their respective owners.
Wind RiverJessica Miller,
510-749-2727jessica.miller@windriver.com
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