Kontron’s strategic partnership with Wibu-Systems for augmented IoT security

Karlsruhe, Germany – Kontron, a leading provider of embedded computing technology (ECT), announces a multi-year partnership with Wibu-Systems, an innovative security technology leader in the global software licensing market. As a result of the technological and business framework agreement, Kontron customers will benefit from augmented security and new monetization opportunities for their IoT products.

Embedded security is critical for successful IoT deployments. With this partnership, Kontron will offer comprehensive end-to-end security for the lifecyle of its products and create a trusted environment for its customers. With its flagship CodeMeter all-in-one security platform, Wibu-Systems creates secured code and licenses that are bound to a secure element, and facilitates new scalable business patterns that integrate seamlessly into existing back office processes, such as ERP, CRM, and e-commerce platforms.

Oliver Winzenried, CEO and founder of Wibu-Systems, states “I am thrilled by the decision of Kontron’s management to anticipate emerging customer and market need to match the hyper-connected world we are creating. The integration of CodeMeter ASIC in all their new boards will make them IoT-ready and inherently protected against counterfeiting, reverse engineering, and tampering, and multiply the revenue streams for their customers. Kontron’s clients will automatically receive augmented boards that feature cutting edge security functionality, enable new business models, such as app stores and after sales concepts, and provide lean usage tracking systems. A clear advantage for the Industrial Renaissance we are living in.”

“Every Kontron product designed from now on will come embedded with a Wibu-Systems security chip and offer the complete protection and licensing capabilities of CodeMeter. The integration of such a powerful technology will create a highly secure environment for our customers: the physical tampering of the ECT or the removal of the secure element will become impossible without affecting the machine that hosts it. Additionally, Kontron is investing heavily in cutting edge security techniques that will keep our clients secure from security exploits,” explains Jens Wiegand, Kontron’s CTO. “IoT products are increasingly burdened by the onslaught of sophisticated cyber-attacks. With rising connectivity in today’s ECT products, assets and data, the protection of end points has become paramount.”

About Wibu-Systems
WIBU-SYSTEMS AG (WIBU), a privately held company founded by Oliver Winzenried and Marcellus Buchheit in 1989, is an innovative security technology leader in the global software licensing market.

Wibu-Systems’ comprehensive and award winning solutions offer unique and internationally patented processes for protection, licensing and security of digital assets and know-how to software publishers and industrial manufacturers who distribute their applications through PC-, embedded-, mobile- and cloud-based models.

About Kontron
Kontron, a global leader in embedded computing technology and trusted advisor in IoT, provides a complete and integrated portfolio of hardware, software and services. Kontron creates many of the standards that drive the world’s embedded computing platforms, bringing to life numerous technologies and applications. The result is an accelerated time-to-market, reduced total-cost-of-ownership, product longevity and the best possible overall application with leading-edge, highest reliability embedded technology.

Source: WIBU-SYSTEMS AG