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First Line of Defense

Designing security into a device requires an understanding of the nature of the attacker. The cost of security implementation, including acquiring the technology carrying out the...

12 years 7 months ago

MSL: How Big Is It?

I’ve been asked here and there “Just how big is this MSL thing?” It’s a question I can give several answers to, depending on what the asker means. In physical terms, you could ride...

12 years 8 months ago

All Your Mars are Belong to US!

It's time to celebrate. We have returned to Mars with the most complex roving robotic laboratory ever sent to another planet. We have demonstrated and proved the Sky Crane concept...

12 years 8 months ago

Complexity

This afternoon I watched the press conferences for Mars Science Laboratory “Curiosity” that were hosted by NASA/JPL from Pasadena, Ca. These conferences were broadcast over NASA-TV...

12 years 8 months ago

Seven Minutes

This week, NASA hosted the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) scientists in charge of the Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, for a pre-landing press conference . The landing...

12 years 9 months ago

The Role of Tools in Improving Embedded Software Security / Part 1: Automation is the Key

Security Vulnerabilities are Expensive Shipping security vulnerabilities in a finished product and having them discovered or worse, exploited, is a very expensive proposition for...

12 years 9 months ago

The New FACE of Avionics

Earlier this year, Wind River announced its support of the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) technical standard, which hopes to resolve two fundamental problems with...

12 years 10 months ago

Open source in Medical Devices: Part of the Cure or Part of the Disease?

The Economist recently published a very interesting article on the merits of open source in medical device development, which raises some questions and sparks an important...

12 years 10 months ago

Teaching Networking using Simics

Wind River Education Services provides user training for a variety of topics, including Wind River operating systems and tools, as well as more general topics like networking...

12 years 11 months ago

Improving Embedded Operating System Security Part 6: Harden the System Against Attack

In the previous posts I’ve discussed various steps that need to be taken in order to improve security, but these are all preventative measures that require validation before a...