Rutronik releases Security White Paper
Rutronik has produced a comprehensive white paper on security aspects that will help developers, product managers, and buyers to create secure switching and system concepts, thereby also meeting the requirements of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), which becomes legally enforceable on May 25, 2018. The white paper is now available to download free of charge from www.rutronik.com/security-aspects.
The comprehensive white paper entitled “Security Aspects – White Paper on How to Make State of the Art Electronic Designs” runs to around 100 pages and addresses key areas that are essential to hardware and software developers, product managers, and buyers when implementing the requirements of the GDPR. These include the relevant articles of the GDPR as well as background knowledge on cryptography, various encryption and wireless technologies, and explanations of phenomena such as silent data corruption. It highlights the dangers posed by social engineering and ultrasonic beaconing. There is also an overview of security features in standard and automotive microcontrollers, tips on selecting the right storage medium, and recommendations on practically all security-related products and solutions: security ICs, microcontrollers, wireless chips and modules, storage media, processors, embedded boards, software solutions, power supplies, fingerprint scanners, solutions for facial and iris recognition as well as secure access systems, including turnstile with RFID scanners, RFID identity cards, and 3D facial recognition systems with Intel® RealSense™ technology.
Those interested in the security white paper can download it free of charge from www.rutronik.com/security-aspects.
