The 1960s was the decade in which the car industry, first in the US and eventually across the whole world, found itself at the center of concerns about safety and the high numbers of deaths and injuries caused by collisions on the road. These concerns were felt and expressed both by consumers and by the legislators who represented them. The car industry was then subject to a huge shift in the public mind, from viewing road safety as solely the responsibility of the driver, to an acknowledgement that the safety of cars and of road systems was a design choice. Subsequently, changes in government policy worldwide became rooted in the assumption that car makers are responsible for providing a high level of safety protection in their products.
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FoundriesFactory
Creating SBOMs for Embedded Linux Devices
Posted on Nov 5, 2025 by Raul Muñoz
11 min read
FoundriesFactory
A Developer’s Guide to Containerizing Embedded Applications
Posted on Sep 30, 2025 by Andy Doan
14 min read
The practice of containerization developed first in server-side and enterprise computing environments, providing a way to isolate applications in highly complex systems, and allow flexible, fast modification or updating without disrupting the entire system.
FoundriesFactory
Good practices in IoT device security: taking advantage of the lessons that others have learned the hard way
Posted on Sep 2, 2025 by Caio Pereira
8 min read
Doesn’t it make sense to learn from the security mistakes that others have made, and avoid the pain which they had to go through in putting their mistake right?
Device Management
Best practices for IoT device identity and lifecycle management
Posted on Aug 26, 2025 by Brendan Wood
17 min read
Why identity is the foundation of IoT security The basic elements of security protection for IoT devices are familiar to most developers: A device must be safe from the risk of tampering, side-channel attacks, and other forms of physical attack A device must run authentic firmware which is protected against unauthorized changes The data on the device must be protected from unauthorized access, both at rest and in transit The device’s firmware must be capable of being updated remotely to maintain its protection against emerging cyber threats For a deeper dive into the fundamentals of securing connected devices, check out our guide on IoT security.
Device Management
Embedded Linux product development: how to achieve scalable security-focused products at speed
Posted on Jul 23, 2025 by Brendan Wood
15 min read
The challenge of scaling embedded Linux product development Developers of connected embedded and IoT products face a set of challenges which developers of enterprise computing systems or mobile phone apps do not experience
Posted on May 23, 2025 by Brendan Wood
18 min read
Foundations first: putting the basics of IoT security in place As Embedded and Internet of Things (IoT) devices grow in capability, making them more secure has become a critical priority for product manufacturers to master
Posted on Apr 17, 2025 by Raul Muñoz
18 min read
IoT device management, applied to embedded devices based on a Linux® operating system (OS), is an important function for maintaining the performance and security of a fleet of devices in the field: it is the set of functions which allows for over-the-air (OTA) software upgrades and security patches throughout the life of an IoT or edge product.
FoundriesFactory
Why the FoundriesFactory platform uses TUF to protect software updates from cyber-threats
Posted on Feb 11, 2025 by Raul Muñoz
7 min read
It’s ironic that the mechanism used to deliver security updates to installed devices can itself make an entire fleet of devices vulnerable to attack.
Posted on Dec 19, 2024 by Raul Muñoz
7 min read
Gather ‘round, developers, and listen to a chilling tale of digital terror. In the shadowy realm of the internet the Mirai botnet lurks ‐ a nightmare born from the most mundane of vulnerabilities .
yocto project
Four advantages of Yocto Project
Posted on Nov 15, 2024 by Daiane Angolini
5 min read
Considering building a custom embedded Linux distribution? Four great reasons to choose the Yocto Project .