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Software Containment in VxWorks: VxPOD – A Separation Alternative to Virtualization

Software Containment in VxWorks: VxPOD – A Separation Alternative to Virtualization

The challenge in hardware consolidation for real-time embedded systems is ensuring that sub-systems don’t interfere with each other. To take advantage of the space and hardware...

8 years 10 months ago

Automotive networks can benefit from security layers

Automotive networks can benefit from security layers

Last year, at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek reported their security research on a Jeep Cherokee. They were able to remotely break into the...

9 years 1 month ago

The Role of System Updates in IoT

The Role of System Updates in IoT

In the brave new world that the Internet of things (IoT) is shaping, operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) are quickly converging. Up until now, IT was seen...

9 years 2 months ago

Sealing data with TPM on VxWorks

Sealing data with TPM on VxWorks

VxWorks support for data protection makes use of the Trusted Platform Module (TPM), a secure cryptoprocessor used to establish root of trust in security systems. TPMs can be used...

9 years 4 months ago

Security Vulnerabilities with Fingerprinting: Linux Considerations

Security Vulnerabilities with Fingerprinting: Linux Considerations

Various tools, such as nmap, can be used to help determine what operating system a particular computer is running, based on the network responses it generates to crafted network...

9 years 5 months ago

Wind River VxWorks: Update/Clarification

Wind River VxWorks: Update/Clarification

Wind River’s flagship VxWorks product is a leading real-time embedded operating system (RTOS) used widely in devices around the world for the last 25 years. Recently at a...

Whitelisting as a key weapon in the battle for embedded device security

Whitelisting as a key weapon in the battle for embedded device security

If you are an embedded software developer involved IoT projects , you’ve no doubt read the recent warning issued by the Federal Trade Commission about cybersecurity risks...

10 years 7 months ago

Hackers, Crackers, and Pirates: How to Protect Embedded Devices in the Internet of Things

Hackers, Crackers, and Pirates: How to Protect Embedded Devices in the Internet of Things

As devices and technologies continue to evolve and become more intertwined and connected, the embedded market is experiencing a rebirth. The Internet of Things (IoT) is...

10 years 11 months ago

Is the Internet our best metaphor for the IoT?

Is the Internet our best metaphor for the IoT?

Last week Dave Evans ( @DaveTheFuturist) tweeted about a search engine for the Internet of Things called Thingful. In the interview that Dave referenced, there’s discussion of how...

11 years 4 months ago

Scaling Deep Packet Inspection Intelligence in the Virtual Network

Scaling Deep Packet Inspection Intelligence in the Virtual Network

How can you get Intrusion Detection that is many times faster than in-house or open source? What happens when you put it in the cloud? Join us Monday night, 2/24 at 6:45 in the...

11 years 7 months ago