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In today’s world, embedded systems have become essential across industries, from aerospace and automotive to industrial machinery and consumer electronics. The recent advancements in automation, connectivity, analytics, and the IoT have pushed these systems to the forefront of innovation. For embedded systems to meet the growing demand for enhanced functionality, multiple systems must work together harmoniously, and software plays a critical role in facilitating this interaction. 

As a result, cybersecurity and complexity present various challenges in developing, securing and maintaining these increasingly interconnected systems. Key issues include supervising thousands of wireless devices at the network edge through remote access, designing a secure architecture for data transmission, and ensuring continuous software updates against increasing cyber threats.

MontaVista’s MVEdge is a ready-to-deploy Linux platform for IoT, Edge Computing, and Big Data applications and services. Leveraging our deep experience in Linux OS and security, MVEdge is a robust commercial solution to the complex challenges in embedded system development.

MVEdge provides a baseline operating environment for Intelligent IoT endpoint devices, Secure Gateway applications and generic embedded devices benefiting from built-in security facilities and can build on the MontaVista Linux CGX feature set.

Key features:

• Technical Baseline: The initial version is based on Yocto Project 5.0 user-space baseline, and Linux kernel 6.6, and includes board support across IA/x86, ARM, PPC and MIPS architectures.
• Features: 
  • VPN client or gateway capabilities between northbound and sensor network
  • Full System Secure Update based on TUF (The Update Framework)
  • FluentD/FluentBit data logging
  • Traffic analysis and Intrusion detection 
  • Secure Boot and HW Root-of-Trust Support
  • Secured communications using DNS, DHCP, NTP and other key protocols
  • System RESTConf/Netconf Configuration API and customer configuration adaptation capabilities
• Rapid Software Development: MVEdge supports quick initiation on any hardware boards and Linux distributions, accelerating your core business software development and time-to-market.
• Application Lifecycle Management: MVEdge offers long-term technical support and maintenance (+10 years) with regular updates for Critical Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs), allowing hassle-free application lifecycle management.

MontaVista’s MVEdge is now equipped with AI-powered network security, observability, and intelligent firewall capabilities to provide an enhanced secure edge and gateway foundation. By integrating a base OS and configuration APIs with state-of-the-art security features, MVEdge delivers robust protection for mission-critical network functions and AI-driven smart IoT solutions.

Key benefits:

• Customizable APIs: MVEdge’s flexible configurations allow mission-critical applications to be developed on a secure foundation with custom value-adding software components.
• Software Supply Chain Security: Like other MontaVista’s products, CVE management and SBOM generation tooling is incorporated into MVEdge to support open-source software component trustworthiness.
• Compliance with Regulations: MVEdge’s design choice adheres to the latest regulations, such as the EU CRA, supporting end-use compliance for IoT and Intelligent Edge products and services.

With early alpha-release access available, we invite companies to join us in this innovation on embedded system and network security to establish a highly secure edge and gateway solution for IoT and networking applications including 6G, OpenRAN, and SD-Video. Full release is planned for Q2 2025.

Let us help you find the ideal Linux distribution for your development needs, so you can advance fast in the world of connected systems. Please get in touch by sending an email to sales@mvista.com or leaving a contact request.