OK Labs promises secure mobile virtualization
Works with Sirrix Security on multi-OS platform for defense and government users
Published: 5 July, 2010
Virtualization has been on the cusp of commercial adoption on smartphones for some time, but so far there have been few real world implementations of multiple operating systems on mobile devices. Leading specialist VMWare has pointed to emerging tablets and cloudbooks as an important platform for this technology, but open source rival Open Kernel Labs is focusing on vertical markets where the requirement may be more urgent than in the mass population. Working with Sirrix Security Technologies, OK Labs has created a platform to run multiple environments in a highly secure way on off-the-shelf mobile hardware.
The system can also run on customized devices and is targeted at secure mobile requirements, particularly among government, defense and financial institutions. The system supports and secures mobile access to critical assets, restricted information, and secure services, on mobile devices and in remote data centers or the cloud, says OK Labs.
The platform is currently a prototype, based on Sirrix' Turaya Security Kernel, which handles encryption, VPN and a trusted user interface; and the OKL4 Microvisor, which can host the Sirrix trusted desktop alongside a variety of guest OS, including Android and other Linux variants, in OKL4 secure cells. The platform will initially run on Nokia's N900 product, which runs Linux-based Maemo.
OK Labs said the platform would allow OEMs, integrators and enterprises to build secure and trusted compute loads on standard mobile platforms. "Our partnership with Sirrix takes mobile-to-enterprise virtualization to the next level, enabling secure services across the mobile-wireless ecosystem" said OK Labs CEO Steve Subar.
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