IT BANKING INFRASTRUCTURES

The banking domain has always paid attention to security breaches because it is a target of choice for IT pirates.

The applications on which Validy SoftNaos can bring very definite and real protection against sabotage are as follows:

• protection of the IT robots used by the operating services (correct sequence in the processing)
• protection of the specific banking management software (loans, deposits, transfers...)
• protection of the spread IT systems (PC, servers, …)
• protection of the ATM machines
• protection of automatic transfers (SWIFT)
• protection of networks

NETWORKS (EX : INTERNET ROUTERS)

Networks are today one of the prime targets for cyber-terrorism. Every network element, and especially routers used to direct the data, must be protected. These elements use more and more subgroups of non proprietary components for which the embedded software must be protected.
Validy meets the following requirements:

• need to protect  the embedded routing software executing inside the professional router using Validy Technology.

CELLPHONES

Cellphones use more and more advanced functionalities, and a number of manufacturers offer downloadable services and functions. The arrival of the 3rd generation phones (3G, 3G+, 4G) and the use of these systems as payment facilities are ever increasing the risks of piracy, sabotage, and virus attack...

AUTOMOBILES

Security in automobile is becoming priority number one for the manufacturers. The share of electronic components inside cars is larger than ever and the reliability of these software components has become of prime concern. Consortia (Autosar, Jaspar,...) between manufacturers are created in order to standardize the management software of the electronic systems for the automobile industry.

Different security needs have been explored by the automobile industry including:

• the need to secure the security software components on board the cars (starting system, braking system, and ABS urgency braking system...)
• the securing of the control station updates for the manufacturer car dealers.
• the need for quality control by software certification especially for subcontracted software.

TECHNICAL BUILDING MANAGEMENT

Modern buildings use complex and technical equipment which enables them to offer adequate levels of comfort, security, hygiene, and energy or fluid distribution. Technical Building Management is a tool allowing the use, supervision, optimization and reconfiguration of all the building's technical equipment.

Implementation of Validy Technology on all the software applications embedded in the building's equipment gives a necessary protection against building hijacking.

Manufacturers need to certify that the software of its professional management equipment of the building (heat system, elevators, access control and video control, cooling, electric control, lighting system, fire detection, water distribution,...) are operating according to the specifications (by staying in their use domain).

ELECTRICAL NETWORKS

The necessary coordination of energy flow uses the know-how of national dispatching as well as very often a number of regional dispatching sites. The personnel in charge of the dispatching sites work according to the computerized schematics of the area they supervise: they have presented to them a representation of all the infrastructure and their states.

These dispatching sites are nerve centers involving complex IT systems for which operational security is of major concern.

Validy SoftNaos can protect the software in the dispatching sites, as well as the different computer systems used for the management of the electrical network.

HOME AUTOMATION

A real need of protection exists against the hijacking and the unauthorized control of all the household equipment that is accessible via different means (Internet, WIFI, Bluetooth, electrical outlets, ...). Validy Technology, by ensuring the integrity of the embedded software, protects the equipment from these forms of piracy.

The equipment manufacturers also need to certify that their software works according to specifications (by staying in their use domain).