How to Protect Embedded Linux with Star Lab’s Kevlar Embedded Security

Embedded device security is an overwhelming task. Either there are innumerable requirements, no requirements, or you are tasked with writing your own internal requirements.

At the end of the day, even if you’ve addressed all of these requirements, will that have been adequate to keep your device secure? Maybe not. That’s because your embedded device just might end up in the hands of an attacker...quite literally. Therefore, ensuring your software and data is safe when (not if) an attacker breaks in is essential. This is why, while it’s tempting to jump into identifying security solutions that “check the box” for your requirements, it’s often more helpful to start by first taking a step back.

ProductsJonathan KlineJune 14, 2022Allowlisting, Whitelisting, Kernel

Application Whitelisting for Linux

Protecting endpoints is hard. Understatement of the millennium, right?

Protecting unmanaged endpoints is even harder. Doubtful that surprises anyone.

Protecting mission-critical, unmanaged endpoints? Well, saying it's impossible is a stretch, but superlatives are warranted.

One of the most common goals in system security is maintaining system integrity. Knowing what is running (or can run) on the deployed system is critical, especially in embedded and unmanaged use cases.

Enterprise and managed endpoints are not immune from these concerns either.

The countless servers and devices that drive the modern world and economy require the same assurances; the difference being the enterprise world usually has more infrastructure and connectivity to achieve these goals.

If we roll back the clocks to early 2018, maintaining system integrity was already a…

Cyber Security, CryptographyRyan ThibodeauxJuly 23, 2020Cyber Security, Whitelisting, Allowlisting, Cryptography, Linux