Applying MILS principles to design connected embedded devices supporting the cloud, multi-tenancy and App Stores
Year: 2016
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The idyll of the Internet of Things is presently overshadowed by concerns over security, and particularly the protection of critical infrastructure.Imagine a car as a gateway device, with many demands on its systems infrastructure. Of course, the manufacturer will be first in the queue, providing software updates to security critical aspects of the vehicle and monitoring its condition. But alongside this core functionality there will also be a host of Apps from the Store to enable and entertain. The navigation service provider, accessing continuously evolving road data. Insurance applications, monitoring probationary drivers to help minimize premiums. Media streamers with the latest movies. Games, advertisements, and a host of other possibilities as yet unrealized.Such a vision of the future can only materialize when secure separation of the tenants can be guaranteed, and when safety critical updates cannot be compromised by the latest game to keep the children happy.Using such vehicle systems as an example, this presentation will discuss the fundamentals of MILS (Multiple Independent Levels of Security/Safety) principles, and how a gateway architecture founded on them can provide the robustness and integrity to ensure that security is never compromised.
Source: HAL
Author: Pitchford, Mark
Institution: Lynx (Italy)
Language: English
Subfield: Hardware and Architecture
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4390785442