Aonix and SYSGO Team with Industry Consortium to Address Trusted Embedded Computing Issues

TECOM (Trusted Embedded Computing) is an Information Software Technology Project, which is co-financed by the European Commission under EU Framework Programme 7. The consortium of the TECOM project consists of 11 European partners from industry and academia including AMTEC, Aonix, Eads Defense & Security, Infineon, Mixed Mode, Sirrix, SYSGO, Technikon, Trango, Trusted Logic and the University of Dresden. This well balanced consortium will develop trusted computing solutions for embedded platforms, which means that TECOM especially ensures the security and safety of embedded computing systems and infrastructures.

Among various example applications which may benefit from TECOM concepts, Aonix will contribute the development of a Java application possibly dealing with trusted mobile banking or embedded medical device or trusted sensor modules like a home electricity/gas/water meter collector. The specific project and scope are yet to be determined.

“Aonix’s role in the European TECOM project dovetails well with the work we’re doing with several suppliers in the U.S. to address security issues facing most companies in todays unstable political and financially volatile environment”, said Gary Cato, director of marketing at Aonix. Many military and aerospace companies have been struggling with security of data and communications prompting new technologies and integration efforts such as Multiple Independent Levels of Security (MILS) and the TECOM project. Aonix is pleased that the PERC virtual machine technology is being squarely positioned to help meet the expectations of these initiatives.

“Safe and secure virtualization is the best way to deal with the diverse demands of data integrity and security while enabling cost reduction where applications are required to be scrutinized or certified to high levels of assurance”, said Jacques Brygier, marketing vice president at SYSGO. “Systems are seldom dedicated to only deal with secure data, even embedded platforms and PikeOS’ MILS compliant virtualization technology can effectively allow secret or secure data to coexist with less secure data in a cost effective way.”