Remember cybersecurity in embedded design

Remember cybersecurity in embedded design

For use in situations where commercial options are simply not secure or rugged enough and which do not have guaranteed long-term availability, Nexus Industrial Memory supplies secure, embedded memory-based products.

The added value distributor works closely with manufacturing partners to help engineers embed and/or integrate the most appropriate forms of removable memory, specialist memory ICs, solid-state drives, modules, cards and accessories into applications.

Nexus Industrial Memory supplies secure embedded memory solutions from Flexxon’s X-PHY. Its solid state drives (SSDs were recently selected by Lenovo for what is believed to be the first ‘all-in-one’ AI cybersecurity laptop. The SSDs are popular in embedded systems because security is implemented in the drive’s firmware, which monitors for threats in real-time and locks down when a threat is detected. The company offers live online demonstrations that simulate ransomware attacks, available on request.

Other Flexxon products include industrial NAND flash storage for the cybersecurity, industrial, medical and automotive (CIMA) sectors, meeting requirements for high reliability, endurance and wide operating temperature ranges.

The industrial use devices offer low capacity memory not available in consumer products. They are suitable for host devices that are sensitive to harsh environments with fixed BoM and firmware.

There are also Datakey portable data carriers have been tested in the harshest environments possible. The connectors remove the threats posed by standard USD or SD products and they are long lasting, said the company.

Typical data uses include data logging, calibration, parameter uploads, limit use and secure communications.

Atek’s Datakey CryptoAuthentication memory tokens are suitable for the transfer of passwords, security keys, certificates, sensitive data or system configuration files. The tokens employ Microchip CryptoAuthentication high-security hardware ICs, f which include a unique and non-changeable 72-bit serial number (set by Microchip), a 512bit one-time programmable zone, a random number generator and a SHA-256 hash algorithm for data encryption.

Nexus provides support to engineers, for example a memory solution designed into a new product or system from scratch or to upgrade / evolve the systems and products when legacy memory solutions start failing or become susceptible to cyberattacks.

Visit Nexus Industrial Memory – stand C75