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Secure by Design: Using a Microkernel RTOS to Build Secure, Fault-Tolerant Systems




April 2009
13 pages
Secure by Design: Using a Microkernel RTOS to Build Secure, Fault-Tolerant Systems

Virtually every embedded system today is connected. Unfortunately, this connectivity makes systems vulnerable to attack. To thwart such attacks, organizations surround their systems with a protective barrier: network, cryptographic, and even physical security. As the software that provides centralized access to the CPU, memory, and other resources, the realtime operating system (RTOS) can play a major role in achieving this goal of building secure, survivable embedded systems.

Contents

Strong Boundaries — The Reference Monitor — Salter & Schroeder’s Eight Principles — Modern Enhancements to Security — Fault Tolerance by Design: High Availability Framework — Security with Adaptive Partitioning — Common Critera ISO/IEC 15408 Certification [+]





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Author
Paul Leroux
paull@qnx.com

Paul Leroux

Paul Leroux is an award-winning writer, technology analyst, and public relations manager. He has been with QNX Software Systems for more than 20 years, where he is particularly valued for his knowledge of the embedded industry and for his ability to explain complex technical issues to both specialists and non-specialists.

Leroux maintains the blog On Q, which he describes as "a personal mashup of QNX, cars, embedded systems, M2M, and photography."

When he is not writing whitepapers or blogging, Leroux is an avid snowshoer and wildlife photographer. He holds a B.A. and an M.A., both from Concordia University in Montreal.

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