Cloakware Releases New Whitepaper - Sustainable Device Security: Breaking the Hacker Business Model with Software Security.Whitepaper Discusses the Importance of Software Security for Sustainable, Effective Content Protection Stored on Digital Devices VIENNA, Va. -- Cloakware Inc., the world's leading provider of products and services to protect digital assets, today announced the availability of a new whitepaper, Sustainable Device Security: Breaking the hacker A person who writes programs in assembly language or in system-level languages, such as C. The term often refers to any programmer, but its true meaning is someone with a strong technical background who is "hacking away" at the bits and bytes. business model with software security. The free whitepaper discusses the critical importance of software security for mobile phone and consumer electronics (CE) manufacturers and their reference design suppliers that are enabling devices to download, store and play back premium content. In today's marketplace, the ability to protect this content against hacking See hack and hacker. and piracy piracy, robbery committed or attempted on the high seas. It is distinguished from privateering in that the pirate holds no commission from and receives the protection of no nation but usually attacks vessels of all nations. is essential for safeguarding the content providers' revenue streams and guaranteeing the integrity of devices. While any device may be hacked by a determined attacker, security solutions for mobile phones and CE devices can disrupt the hacker business model by making attacks more difficult and unprofitable. An effective solution addresses integration, attack resistance and attack mitigation, which together enable sustainable device security that continually adapts to break the hacker business model. Sustainable Device Security addresses these issues by discussing: * The hacker's business model and desires * Preparing and protecting a company's devices and content from hackers * Ways to remove a hacker's incentive to attack a device * Precautions precautions Infectious disease The constellation of activities intended to minimize exposure to an infectious agent; precautions imply that the isolation of an infected Pt is optional, but not mandatory. for manufacturers and their reference design suppliers One of the key findings of this whitepaper is that reliance solely on tamper-resistant hardware for security provides strong initial attack resistance, but cannot reduce the impact of an inevitable, successful attack. In contrast, software security solutions enable diversity of security and renewability (updating) that combine to increase initial attack resistance and minimize the scope, longevity and economic impact of any successful attack that might occur. This reduces a hacker's economic incentive and minimizes the potential negative effects of an attack on a mobile phone or CE device. Only the flexibility of software security allows the sustainable device security demanded by the premium content industry, while enabling device manufacturers to quickly bring new products to market. "With the explosive increase in personal and confidential information Noun 1. confidential information - an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" steer, tip, wind, hint, lead , trade secrets and premium paid content on a growing variety of devices, protecting these digital assets will only continue to grow in importance," said Alec Main, Cloakware's CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. . "Standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and familiar hardware platforms Each hardware platform, or CPU family, has a unique machine language. All software presented to the computer for execution must be in the binary coded machine language of that CPU. Following is a list of the major hardware platforms in existence today. See platform. increase the probability of a device being attacked, making the choice of security solution a critical decision for any manufacturer. Cloakware's software protection technology prevents automated attacks from being broadly applied, removing much of the attacker's financial motivation by dramatically increasing the cost to develop a hack while reducing its applicability." To download Sustainable Device Security: Breaking the hacker business model with software security, visit the Cloakware Web site at http://www.cloakware.com/whitepapers/111606/. About Cloakware Cloakware is the world's leading provider of products and services to protect digital assets. The company's software protection and anti-tamper solutions protect software, media, passwords and data from piracy and unauthorized access and use. Cloakware solutions are on hundreds of millions of devices, protecting the assets of some of the world's largest, most recognizable and technologically advanced companies. Cloakware's integrated software Separate software components or applications that have been combined into one package. See integrated software package. protection makes security inseparable in·sep·a·ra·ble adj. 1. Impossible to separate or part: inseparable pieces of rock. 2. Very closely associated; constant: inseparable companions. from software. Partnering with Microsoft and in collaboration with Intel, Cloakware helps consumer electronics and Fortune 1000 companies and Federal agencies all benefit from reduced development costs, improved time to market and mitigated risks. The company is headquartered in Vienna, VA, and has offices in Ottawa, Canada and the UK, and regional sales offices throughout the US. |
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