Symantec Secures More Than 1 Billion Internet of Things (IoT) Devices
August 25 2015 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Symantec expands security portfolio with new
Embedded Critical Systems Protection, designed to defend IoT
devices against zero-day attacks, and signs ATM manufacturer Wincor
Nixdorf as one of the early adopters
Symantec today announced it is securing more than one billion
Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including everything from
televisions and cars to smart meters and critical infrastructure.
With IoT devices expected to number 25 billion by 20201, Symantec
is leading the effort to protect consumers from hacks against their
always-on, Internet connected devices.
“As IoT innovation and adoption continues to grow, so has the
opportunity for new cyber security risks. This is the next
frontier. In the automotive industry, hackers can literally steer
the car and ‘hit the brakes’ from their keyboards,” said Shankar
Somasundaram, Senior Director of Internet of Things Security,
Symantec. “Symantec is partnering with manufacturers in the
automotive, industrial control, and semiconductor industries, in
addition to our work in healthcare and retail markets.”
As part of its broader Unified Security Strategy, Symantec is
investing in and offering the industry’s most comprehensive IoT
security solutions. This approach includes authentication, device
security, analytics and management to help prevent cars, medical
devices, industrial control systems, and countless consumer
electronics from becoming hacked, tracked and electronically
hijacked as shown in recent news. Symantec’s IoT technology
portfolio includes:
- Device Security with
Symantec’s Embedded Critical Systems Protection: Symantec’s
newest offering protects IoT devices by locking down the software
embedded in the device to protect against zero-day attacks and
prevent compromise. Symantec has signed Wincor, the world’s leading
providers of IT solutions and services to retail banks and the
retail industry, along with other leading manufacturers in the
industrial and automotive ecosystems.
- IoT Roots of Trust and Device
Certificates: Symantec is working with the world’s largest chip
providers and cryptographic library partners, including Texas
Instruments and wolfSSL, to embed security at the hardware level.
These partnerships combine Symantec’s leading Certificate Authority
with the partner’s embeddable engines to create new “Roots of
Trust,” the cornerstones for devices to safely encrypt and
authenticate information.
- Code Signing Certificates and Secure
App Services: To ensure that code running on IoT devices is
authorized, Symantec provides code signing certificates and a cloud
based signing-as-a-service for a number of code formats relevant to
IoT.
Symantec’s future plans to help enterprises address IoT security
include introducing new technologies, such as an IoT portal for
managing all IoT security from a single interface, and security
analytics for proactively detecting anomalies that might indicate
stealthy attacks on IoT networks.
To further fuel innovation in IoT security, Symantec recently
announced a partnership with Frost Data Capital to incubate
early-stage startups with funding, resources and expertise. Frost
Data Capital underpins the incubator with seasoned entrepreneurs,
proven innovation methodology and process, and deep expertise in
big data analytics, IoT, industrials and healthcare. These startup
companies will have the opportunity to collaborate with Symantec to
solve the most complex challenges shaping tomorrow’s threat
landscape.
Supporting Partners:
- “It was important for Wincor Nixdorf to
select Symantec to deliver the safest means for people carrying out
financial transactions on ATMs. Symantec's core security technology
combined with Wincor Nixdorf’s domain knowledge has resulted in a
solution that offers best-in-class security against software
attacks on ATMs,” said Karan Oberoi, global product manager –
software security, Wincor Nixdorf.
- “Providing secure, simple and seamless
authentication requires embedding certificates in IoT products,”
said Gil Reiter, Director, Strategic Marketing - IoT, Texas
Instruments (TI). “To help customers secure cloud communications,
TI currently embeds Symantec's root certificate in multiple IoT
devices to digitally sign and authenticate Internet communication
and firmware updates. In the future TI will offer new features
capable of authenticated secure boot with digitally signed
developer code to help customers increase the security of IoT
devices.”
- “The IoT market is craving a
comprehensive security solution,” said Larry Stefonic, Founder and
CEO of wolfSSL. “As the industry leaders for IoT trust
infrastructure, wolfSSL Inc. and Symantec address market needs
through their combined solution to help developers secure against
the three most fundamental security challenges in the IoT: Man in
the Middle (MITM) attack, secure firmware updates and encrypting
data on the device.”
About Symantec
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) is an information protection
expert that helps people, businesses and governments seeking the
freedom to unlock the opportunities technology brings -- anytime,
anywhere. Founded in April 1982, Symantec, a Fortune 500 company,
operating one of the largest global data-intelligence networks, has
provided leading security, backup and availability solutions for
where vital information is stored, accessed and shared. The
company's more than 19,000 employees reside in more than 45
countries. Ninety-nine percent of Fortune 500 companies are
Symantec customers. In fiscal 2015, it recorded revenues of $6.5
billion. To learn more go to www.symantec.com or connect with
Symantec at: http://www.symantec.com/social/.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: Any forward-looking
indication of plans for products is preliminary and all future
release dates are tentative and are subject to change. Any future
release of the product or planned modifications to product
capability, functionality, or feature are subject to ongoing
evaluation by Symantec, and may or may not be implemented and
should not be considered firm commitments by Symantec and should
not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions.
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