20 April 2009

Certification process starts for Wind River

  • Certification process starts for Wind River

Wind River's VxWorks multilevel secure (MILS) platform has been officially listed as 'In Evaluation' for common criteria EAL6+.

VxWorks MILS platform was certified by the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) for conformance to the Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 6+/NSA High Robustness under the Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme (CCEVS).
Wind River's vice president of VxWorks marketing, Marc Brown, said: "Wind River is committed to delivering software that is designed to comply with the stringent security criteria our customers need. The NIAP listing enables companies who are building secure military and aerospace systems to engage with Wind River confident that VxWorks MILS Platform 2.0 is undergoing the vigorous evaluation under the CCEVS to Common Criteria EAL6+."

Author
Chris Shaw

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http://www.windriver.com/products/platforms/vxworks-mils/

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Wind River UK Ltd

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