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Green Hills Software's INTEGRITY-178B Receives
Editor's Choice Award from Military Embedded Systems Magazine
Highest Common Criteria Security Level Ever Achieved for a Software
Product
 SANTA
BARBARA, CA—February 10, 2009—Green Hills Software,
Inc., the world leader in secure operating systems, today announced
that Military Embedded Systems magazine, a leading publication in the
military and aerospace industry, has selected the INTEGRITY®-178B real-time
operating system for its Editor's Choice Award due to the operating
system's recent EAL6+ High Robustness security
certification.
The INTEGRITY-178B real-time operating system's EAL6+ High Robustness
certification is the first of its kind and the highest Common Criteria
security level ever achieved for an operating system or any other software
product. Only an EAL6+ High Robustness operating system is certified
to protect classified information and other high value resources at risk
of attack from hostile and well-funded attackers.
Chris Ciufo, OpenSystems Media Editorial Director and Editor of Military
Embedded Systems magazine, selected INTEGRITY-178B for the award, asserting
that the certification is unquestionably an industry milestone event,
setting a new standard to which other vendors of security-critical software
products can aspire.
“I applaud Green Hills Software for its achievement with INTEGRITY-178B,
a product that has set the benchmark for safety and security in operating
systems for well over a decade,” said Chris Ciufo. “As software
complexity and network connectivity in embedded systems continue to increase,
high robustness solutions are critical to the success of these systems.”
About INTEGRITY-178B
INTEGRITY-178B was certified against the Common Criteria’s U.S.
Government Protection Profile for Separation Kernels in Environments
Requiring High Robustness (SKPP). The SKPP specifies “security
services and mechanisms that provide the most stringent protection and
rigorous security countermeasures.” SKPP requirements include the
use of formal methods to mathematically prove the security policies,
formal specifications, formal correspondence between design and implementation,
complete test coverage of all functional requirements, and penetration
testing by the NSA which has complete access to the source code. The
certification of INTEGRITY-178B began in 2005. INTEGRITY-178B has also
been certified to DO-178B Level A, the highest level of avionics safety
certification granted by the Federal Aviation Administration and has
been deployed for more than a decade in systems that require absolute
security and total reliability, including avionics, military and intelligence
computers, networking gear, and mobile devices.
About OpenSystems Media
OpenSystems Media has been a leading publisher of electronics magazines,
e-mail newsletters, websites and product resource guides for more than
20 years. OpenSystems Media offers E-casts and Techcasts for engineers
and provides interactive tools where engineers can communicate directly
with presenters and top industry editors. Current publications include:
CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA Systems, DSP-FPGA.com, Embedded Computing
Design, Industrial Embedded Systems, Military Embedded Systems, PC/104
and Small Form Factors and VME and Critical Systems. For more information,
visit www.opensystemsmedia.com.
About Green Hills Software
Founded in 1982, Green Hills Software, Inc. is the technology leader
in device software optimization (DSO) and real-time
operating systems (RTOS) for 32- and 64-bit embedded systems. In
2008, the Green Hills INTEGRITY-178B RTOS was the first and only operating
system to be certified by the NSA to EAL6+ High Robustness, the highest
level of security ever achieved. Our royalty-free INTEGRITY® and velOSity™ real-time
operating systems, µ-velOSity™ microkernel, compilers, IPv6-ready
TCP/IP networking stacks, GateD® Layer2 switching
and Layer 3 routing, MULTI® and AdaMULTI™ integrated
development environments, DoubleCheck™ integrated
static analyzer and TimeMachine™ tool
suite offer a complete development solution that addresses both deeply
embedded and high-reliability applications. Green Hills Software is
headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA, with European headquarters in the
United Kingdom. Visit Green Hills Software on the web at www.ghs.com.
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North American Sales Contact:
Green Hills Software, Inc.
30 West Sola Street,
Santa Barbara, CA 93101,
Tel: 805-965-6044
Fax: 805-965-6343
Website: www.ghs.com
Email: sales@ghs.com
Media Contacts:
Green Hills Software, Inc.
Barbel French
Tel: 805-965-6044
Email: bfrench@ghs.com
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International Sales Contact:
Green Hills Software Ltd
Fleming Business Centre
Leigh Road
Eastleigh
Hampshire SO50 9PD
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 (0)2380 649660
Fax: +44 (0)2380 649661
Email: mktg-europe@ghs.com
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