A tiny network security device running embedded Linux has earned Innominate the Wolfsburg AG Competence Prize, this year awarded for the IT category in the field of "Network Embedded Systems." Judges in the 25,000 Euro annual prize for industry co-sponsored by Volkswagon and the city of Wolfsburg praised Innominate for building a security device on an open architecture. . .
A tiny network security device running embedded Linux has earned Innominate the Wolfsburg AG Competence Prize, this year awarded for the IT category in the field of "Network Embedded Systems." Judges in the 25,000 Euro annual prize for industry co-sponsored by Volkswagon and the city of Wolfsburg praised Innominate for building a security device on an open architecture, for filling a market niche, and for the ease of use of its Linux-based "Innominate mGuard" security appliance. The device runs a hardened Linux kernel based on Debian 2.4 that Innominate developed in-house.

Only 0.78 x 2.2 x 3.74 inches in size (board dimensions), mGuard is the world's smallest security appliance, according to Innominate. It is used in industrial automation in robots or machines and in point of sales applications such as cashdesk systems and automatic tellers. mGuard protects IP (Internet Protocol) communication against attacks from viruses, data espionage, and manipulation, and its open structure makes it easy to integrate it into any industrial product, device, or point of sales system, according to Innominate.

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