Why is securing Linux-embedded systems so important?
Why is securing Linux-embedded solutions systems (appliances) so important? Well, this answer truly has multiple aspects depending on who you ask.
The most obvious answer would simply be to prevent liability and loss of credibility in the marketplace. Lately, it seems that there’s an ever-growing list of companies whose offerings have become compromised and, as a result, their customers are grievously impacted.
The impact of such a breach can be the loss of personal information for the users (insert gasp here!) or even worse, unauthorized access to systems or data without the knowledge of those running the systems. Each year, these breaches result in billions of dollars in correlated losses and open these companies to legal action by their user base. The image impact on one’s brand can last far longer in people’s minds than you’d think.
It’s highly documented that data leaks, breaches,...
