Extending Security to Resource Constrained Devices – Kate Stewart, The Linux Foundation
Extending Security to Resource Constrained Devices – Kate Stewart, The Linux Foundation
As we hear more in the news about supply chain attacks and the cost of them, the need to have trusted systems is growing in awareness. A large part of the problem is the lack of transparency on the software and hardware components that make up embedded systems, especially in the area of safety critical applications and establishing secure communications.
The Zephyr RTOS was started 5 years ago, with the goal of being a safe and secure RTOS for resource constrained devices that could be used where Linux is not an option. Some of the capabilities that the project has nurtured in order to have transparency and security for software on these constrained devices, can be extended these to the system and chip level with systems build on RISC-V. This can provide significant efficiencies in security, as well as a solid framework to be used in applications that have safety requirements.
For more info about RISC-V, a free and open ISA enabling a new era of processor innovation through open standard collaboration, see: https://riscv.org/
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