Avnet AVT has signed up with software company Trusted Objects to provide comprehensive Industrial IoT (IIoT) solution for customers with low-power IoT devices.
According to the terms of the agreement, Avnet IoT will embed Trusted Object’s native proprietary implementation into a customer’s microcontroller unit (MCU) or Secure Element for high levels of security. Avnet said in a press release that Trusted Object’s security stacks will enable “easy, secure connectivity between the MCU, the IoT network and the Cloud.” Not only that, Trusted Objects’ technology will allow Avnet to personalize IoT devices and scale engineering solutions.
“With Trusted Objects, we are able to more flexibly design secure IoT solutions that match our customers’ needs and, ultimately, their unique business cases,” said Lou Lutostanski, Vice President of Internet of Things, Avnet. “The real difference in our approach is our ability to accommodate solutions that are both low-power and large-scale. Together with Trusted Objects, Avnet’s ecosystem offers customers a complete Industrial IoT solution that’s simple to integrate and unique to the market—one that makes IoT security more scalable and easier to implement.”
According to Avnet, its alliance with Trusted Objects will help to solve the fragmentation challenge faced by developers seeking to secure their IoT deployments in three main areas: Cloud, middleware and on-device. Security at each level is often managed by separate providers, increasing the complexity and cost of deploying these solutions. This is particularly challenging in low-power devices, which are commonly used in Industrial IoT (IIoT) applications.
Trusted Objects’ native security implementation is specifically designed for these applications, providing a more unified, standardized platform to manage and execute security throughout the IoT deployment. Once software from Trusted Objects is embedded in a customer’s microcontroller unit (MCU) or Secure Element, Avnet can help connect it to the cloud as part of a complete IoT solution.
“Developers are working hard to create IoT ecosystems that can be trusted by businesses, and the complexities they face have stifled the scalability of these solutions,” said Sami Anbouba, CEO, Trusted Objects. “By working with Avnet, we’re able to take steps toward standardizing the end-to-end security developers need to protect their IoT ecosystems.”
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