You're reading from The Embedded Linux Security Handbook Fortify your embedded Linux systems from design to deployment

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2025

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835885642

Length 278 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Linux

Concepts

Embedded Systems

Author (1):

Matt St. Onge

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1:Introduction to Embedded Systems and Secure Design FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 1: Welcome to the Cyber Security Landscape

3. Chapter 2: Security Starts at the Design Table

4. Chapter 3: Applying Design Requirements Criteria – Hardware Selection

5. Chapter 4: Applying Design Requirements Criteria – the Operating System

6. Part 2: Design Components

7. Chapter 5: Basic Needs in My Build Chain

8. Chapter 6: Disk Encryption

9. Chapter 7: The Trusted Platform Module

10. Chapter 8: Boot, BIOS, and Firmware Security

11. Chapter 9: Image-Based Deployments

12. Chapter 10: Childproofing the Solution: Protection from the End-User and Their Environment

13. Part 3: The Build Chain, Appliance Lifecycle, and Continuous Improvement

14. Chapter 11: Knowing the Threat Landscape – Staying Informed

15. Chapter 12: Are My Devices’ Communications and Interactions Secure?

16. Chapter 13: Applying Government Security Standards – System Hardening

17. Chapter 14: Customer and Community Feedback Loops

18. Index

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Technical requirements

For the hands-on exercises in this chapter, you will need two RHEL 9.4 (or newer) machines (physical or virtual) both will be clean installations. We will do one of those installations together as an exercise.

To achieve this, you will need access to a Red Hat® account (developer or production), installation media, Fedora® Media Writer, and the ability to install/reinstall the operating system on the two machines.

Additionally, you will need the ability to download and install additional packages from third-party or government websites. The STIG Viewer tool can be installed on Windows® or Linux systems. You’ll need this as well, but it does not have to be installed specifically on your lab machines. Check out the book’s GitHub repository for helpful links: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/The-Embedded-Linux-Security-Handbook/blob/main/Chapter11/Resource_Cheat_Sheet.pdf.

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