Lynuxworks announces Lynxos 7.0 with new security features

LynuxWorks Inc, a world leader in the embedded software market, recently announced LynxOS 7.0, the next generation of its most popular real-time operating system (RTOS), which enables embedded developers to add security functionality to their connected devices. The open standards-based LynxOS has been powering millions of embedded devices for the last 25 years across all industries and now adds significant new features to help meet the needs of the billions of next-generation connected devices.

Due to the ubiquity of the Internet, a network infrastructure is now in place for the ‘Internet of Things’ ─ a new world of tens of billions of connected devices. The majority of those devices are expected to be hubs and sensor nodes, collecting data and transmitting it from machine to machine (M2M). Application examples include aerospace and defence communication infrastructure, industrial automation, smart meters, fleet management, device monitoring, medical and patient monitoring, and situational awareness.

With cyber threats becoming more sophisticated, and more critical infrastructure being controlled by these embedded devices, security protection will be required on each device rather than just relying on the network protection that is in place today.