Extending Protection Capabilities to Deliver TrustedCOTS Solutions
Many vendors of embedded computing solutions for the defense and aerospace industries say their solutions provide Trusted Computing. Solutions that offer Trusted Computing are based on technologies and techniques that provide protection from physical and remote attacks and from hardware and software failures. Although this level of protection is adequate for some applications, the many attack vectors that can compromise commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions for defense and aerospace applications require a higher level of protection.
In addition to the protection provided by standard Trusted Computing best practices, mission success depends on every module, subsystem, and system on every platform performing exactly as expected under the harshest conditions. This single, overriding consideration becomes increasingly important as defense organizations worldwide leverage new technologies to give warfighters indisputable advantages on the battlefield.
The development and integration strategies used to deploy these new technologies are key to creating a higher degree of dependability in every solution and system. This can only be achieved by going beyond standard approaches to Trusted Computing and applying rigorous protection standards at every stage of the development process.
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Steve Edwards
Director and Technical Fellow
Steve has over 25 years of experience in the embedded system industry. He leads Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions’ efforts in addressing physical and cyber security on their COTS products and represents the company in defense related security conferences. Steve has worked collaboratively in several standard bodies, including a time chairing the VITA 65 OpenVPX, and as lead for the Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) Security Subcommittee. Steve lead the design of Curtiss-Wright’s first rugged multiprocessor and FPGA products and was involved in the architecture, management, and evangelization of the industry’s first VPX products. He has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University.
Aaron Frank
Senior Director, C5ISR Product Management
Aaron Frank joined Curtiss-Wright in January 2010. As the Sr Director of the Product Management team, he is responsible for a wide range of COTS products utilizing advanced processing, video graphics/GPU and network switching technologies in many industry-standard module formats (VME, VPX, etc.). His focus includes product development and marketing strategies, technology roadmaps, and being a subject matter expert to the sales team and with customers. Aaron has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Waterloo.
