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Freescale announces programs for secure IoT

Freescale announces programmes

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Rashi Varshney
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As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to gain momentum, Freescale Semiconductor and its partners are tackling the most dire challenge the young movement has faced to date -the security of IoT applications.

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To address the same, Freescale recently announced several programs for IoT security assurance.

The company has  teamed with the Embedded Microprocessor Benchmarking Consortium (EEMBC) to identify critical embedded security gaps, and collaborate with other consortium members to establish guidelines that help IoT OEMs and system designers better secure IoT transactions and endpoints. Founding members of this coalition will convene in May at the second annual IoT Developers Conference in California.

Freescale is also establishing Freescale Security Labs – Centers of Excellence (CoEs) at Freescale’s headquarters and other locations worldwide, where the company, its partners and customers will focus on enhancement of IoT security technologies spanning from the cloud to the end-node. Alongside these CoE’s is the commitment to allocate up to 10 percent of the company’s annual R&D budget on IoT security technologies.

It will also create a program dedicated to educating startups on IoT security best practices and providing best in class security support through Freescale’s partner ecosystem.

“Freescale is addressing these challenges head-on to help ensure a future where secure solutions power every node of the IoT -- from end devices to the network to the cloud,” said Gregg Lowe, President and CEO, Freescale Semiconductor.

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