Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.10, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Cog ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://cog.systems/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog](https://cog.systems/blog/) - [Here a Hack, There A Hack, Everywhere a Hack-Hack](https://cog.systems/blog/here-a-hack-there-a-hack-everywhere-a-hack-hack/) - When Did you Stop Caring? Here a Hack, There A Hack, Everywhere a Hack-Hack I am befuddled. If someone broke into your house and stole your wallet, birth certificate, medications, social security card and then came back and did it again after you replaced them all, again, and again, and again – would - [Battleships in Legoland](https://cog.systems/blog/battleships-in-legoland/) - Discover how software and hardware modularity enhance digital security, creating ultra-secure, resilient connected devices with commercial appeal. Cog Systems - [Aegis R51 ERD User Guide](https://cog.systems/blog/aegis-r51-erd-user-guide/) - Aegis R51 ERD Admin Guide v2.1 - [Moving to your Pot of Gold: Backpacking and Cyber Security](https://cog.systems/blog/moving-to-your-pot-of-gold-backpacking-and-cyber-security/) - As I slogged my way along the North Coast Trail on Vancouver Island, BC, a thought (or many) occurred to me. Hence this blog post. The trip was a solo-trip, 8-days with no resupply, active wildlife (bears), a ‘primitive’ trail, a very remote part of the world, and a challenge to me both physically - [Satisfaction Brought Him Back….](https://cog.systems/blog/satisfaction-brought-him-back/) - As the saying goes, “Curiosity killed the Cat, but Satisfaction Brought him Back…” For those of you that know me, I have always been curious. Some call it a thirst for knowledge though I think it would be more accurate to say I have a craving for new experiences. Lately, that drive for more - [Covid and Comcast: The Perfect Hack](https://cog.systems/blog/covid-and-comcast-the-perfect-hack/) - Sometimes, real life shows you the true potential of ‘The Perfect Hack’. Last week, after a trip to San Diego, I woke up with cold like symptoms. So, I took a Covid test on Wednesday and it was positive. Fortunately, I am fully boosted so my illness was mild but regardless it was necessary - [The Ever Present Now](https://cog.systems/blog/the-ever-present-now/) - This week I had the privilege of spending some time with one of my very long-term friends who is truly a very good person and tragically, in the late stages of cancer. While his time may be coming sooner than the rest of us, it was very much a sobering event in my life. - [Katy, Bar the Door!](https://cog.systems/blog/katy-bar-the-door/) - You lock your front door, right? Do you also lock the back door? What about your windows? Well - duh - of course you do, common sense requires you at least do the basics to protect your home and family. So, back to Katy. Did you know the phrase “Katy, Bar the Door’ goes - [The Cybersecurity Cake](https://cog.systems/blog/the-cybersecurity-cake-add-an-enhanced-retransmission-device/) - Defense in Depth is as synonymous to cybersecurity as frosting is to cake. So, indulge me. It is your birthday, good on you for making it another year around the sun and to celebrate most folks would normally hope for a cake. If it is my house, you even get to pick what type of - ["Your Money or Your Life"](https://cog.systems/blog/your-money-or-your-life/) - The saying, “Your Money or Your Life,” comes from the dreaded Highwaymen who were "as common as crows" between 1650 to 1800 in rural England. Travel was already hazardous due to the absence of decent roads and a lack of general rule of law. No one rode alone without fear of being robbed. In - [Better Living through a Protocol Break](https://cog.systems/blog/better-living-through-a-protocol-break/) - Protocol is the standard set of rules that allow all of us to communicate with each other using the proper procedure for conduct. Not that protocols do not change over time, or that they may be different by culture, but they do establish the norms for a safe and secure method for all of us - [Ultra-Secure Mobility™: The Three Planks](https://cog.systems/blog/ultra-secure-mobility-the-three-planks/) - The Ultra-Secure Mobility™ product has been a market need forever in demand by discerning customers that require a scalable, user friendly, and affordable product. At Cog Systems, the standard by which we measure success in this category of Ultra-Secure Mobility™ rests on three planks that fulfill a combination of the following: 1) high assurance, certified - [Defence in Depth: How Many Layers is your Cake?](https://cog.systems/blog/defence-in-depth-how-many-layers-is-your-cake/) - The mobile world today is largely divided into two worlds: Apple and Android. While their approach to many things may be different, they do share a common approach to security — think layer cake. Yes, the one thing that seems to matter most in making a great cake is layers. Just like your security posture. - [Cog Q&A: Gernot Heiser, the Godfather of Modularity](https://cog.systems/blog/cog-qa-gernot-heiser-the-godfather-of-modularity/) - For those of us in the business of devices, Gernot Heiser needs no introduction. But for the rest of you, here’s a summary: Gernot’s primary occupation is leading research in Trustworthy Systems, aiming to make software systems truly trustworthy. He also teaches Advanced Operating Systems at UNSW, which also has its own prize for the - [WARNING: A Cybersecurity Revolution is Upon Us, With Consumers Taking the Power Seat](https://cog.systems/blog/warning-a-cybersecurity-revolution-is-upon-us-with-consumers-taking-the-power-seat/) - The world today has entered into a new era where consumers and enterprise alike have come to expect cyber attacks. However, as attacks become more severe with greater reach, a power shift is occurring among consumers who are losing trust in the enterprise and government to protect their privacy and data. Now, consumers are choosing - [How to Address Cybersecurity Unforced Errors in 2019](https://cog.systems/blog/how-to-address-cybersecurity-unforced-errors-in-2019/) - Looking back on the progress that the cybersecurity industry made in 2018, I remain optimistic that advancements will continue over the next year ahead. But there were some big misses that the industry made where we all share some accountability. From my perspective, there were some unforced errors in 2018 that have continued to plague - [Cog Joins GSA IoT Security Working Group](https://cog.systems/blog/cog-joins-gsa-iot-security-working-group/) - Addressing today’s IoT security challenge takes more than technology solutions. It requires experience, industry knowledge and expertise, collaboration and creativity. Most importantly, it takes a group of leaders that share a common goal. Today, we are honored to announce that Cog has become a member of the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) and the GSA IoT - [Listen, We Need to Talk About your Attack Surface](https://cog.systems/blog/listen-we-need-to-talk-about-your-attack-surface/) - As Miguel de Cervantes wisely said, “Never put all your eggs in one basket.” Yet, when we design our software for IoT in one large, cumbersome, monolithic stack – well, that is exactly what we are doing. And it all comes down to the attack surface. For a software platform, the attack surface describes all - [Microkernels Really Do Improve Security](https://cog.systems/blog/microkernels-really-do-improve-security/) - We are thrilled to re-post this microkerneldude blog post --Random rants and pontifications by Gernot Heiser Many of us operating systems researchers, going back at least to the US DoD’s famous 1983 Orange Book, have been saying that a secure/safe system needs to keep its trusted computing base (TCB) as small as possible. For system of significant complexity, - [IoT Community Challenge Kick-off](https://cog.systems/blog/iot-community-challenge-kick-off/) - Free flight to Chicago for best innovative IoT use of D4 Secure on a Raspberry Pi. Open to everyone, you don't need to be a hacker to use D4. Any Linux system builder should be able to create something cool with great security built in. Interested? Read below for details... Cog Systems’ D4 Secure platform - [D4 Secure stays rock solid - Meltdown and Spectre](https://cog.systems/blog/d4-secure-stays-rock-solid-meltdown-and-spectre/) - Cog's D4 Secure products mitigate and protect connected devices from many different forms of attacks. Let's take a look at how D4 is impacted by Meltdown and Spectre, and how device makers can use D4 to create more secure and feature rich IoT devices. What is Meltdown and Spectre? Meltdown and Spectre are ‘side channel’ - [Insights from ET Exchange](https://cog.systems/blog/insights-from-et-exchange/) - To say ET Exchange was informative, highly educational and galvanizing would be an understatement. Several of us from the Cog team attended the event a couple weeks ago and were impressed with the caliber of networking, presenters and content. Since Cog Systems specializes in cybersecurity, we found it inspiring that security was consistently part of - [Type 1 Virtualization on ARM: Inevitable and Long Overdue](https://cog.systems/blog/type-1-virtualization-on-arm-inevitable-and-long-overdue/) - Often I am asked about what makes Cog Systems different, and how that will matter in the long term. By this point, this is an easy question for me - and the answer is as elegant as it is obvious. So, first, I suggest we all take a quick quiz. What is the single piece - [Another day, another exploit](https://cog.systems/blog/another-day-another-exploit/) - Many of the devices we use today, particularly those built using Android and Linux are essentially monolithic systems. They have a huge set of APIs and a massive code base, and while this is great for functionality, it makes them prone to successful attack. To mitigate the threat of attack, a lot of effort has - [Our Master Plan - The Past is Prologue (Part 1)](https://cog.systems/blog/our-master-plan-part1/) - We’ve been doing some great things at Cog Systems and have an exciting vision for the future – our master plan - so I thought I’d share it with everyone in a couple of blog posts. It’ll be fun. Let’s see how it pans out over the next few years – I’ll probably be way - [Our Master Plan - The Inflection Point (Part 2)](https://cog.systems/blog/our-master-plan-the-inflection-point-part-2/) - Continuing from The Past is Prologue (Part 1). Since our founding days, our company’s purpose is to expedite the move to new technology and approaches that enables and encourages OEMs (the people who make devices) to construct more secure devices, while also enriching their functionality, and thereby enabling further innovation. This would in turn would provide - [HTC, Secured by D4 Phone is Released](https://cog.systems/blog/htc-secured-by-d4-phone-is-released/) - Just got back from the USA where we delivered some HTC D4 Secure phones to customers and showed them how to set them up. We didn't have to show them how to use them because it's actually hard to tell you're using a non-stock Android phone. They all seemed interested and initially happy with the - [Car Hacking Shouldn't Be Easy](https://cog.systems/blog/car-hacking-shouldnt-be-easy/) - The recent WIRED article by Andy Greenberg - HACKERS REMOTELY KILL A JEEP ON THE HIGHWAY—WITH ME IN IT, highlights the disregard for security by some manufactures in the rush to implement features and bring online connected technology to market. This type of hack is both a canary for what is coming, and at the - [Introducing the OKL4 Ironvisor - the new secure platform standard](https://cog.systems/blog/introducing-okl4-ironvisor-new-secure/) - The OKL4 Microkernel and Microvisors have for a long time been trusted to run many high security and high reliability systems. Not to mention being deployed in over a billion mobile phones. OKL4 has become synonymous with secure and trusted systems. The OKL4 Ironvisor is our latest and most secure Separation Kernel and Hypervisor to - [SMMU support for NXP QorIQ ARM Processors](https://cog.systems/blog/smmu-on-nxp-qoriq-arm-processors/) - Operating systems and hypervisors use a processor's MMUs to isolate processes and VMs alike. An often overlooked issue is DMA memory security; where a DMA capable device can be programmed to access memory in the system without being subject to MMU restrictions. This typically results in device drivers being used without security, or forcing them ## Pages - [Frontpage](https://cog.systems/) - “At Cog Systems we embed Security by Default, so our customers can focus on delivering best-in-class device performance and usability with the assurance of world class security.” DR. DANIEL POTTS, CEO, Cog Systems. We Secure IoT. To achieve this objective, we enable the concepts of modularity with the fundamentals of security, trustworthiness, robustness, fault tolerance, and adaptability. - [Aegis R51 User Guide](https://cog.systems/product/aegis-r51-enhanced-retransmission-device/aegis-r51-user-guide/) - The link below will provide with our latest version of the Aegis R51 User Guide. Feel free to click the link and it will download to help you with any questions you may have on the use and operation of the world's only fully MACP 2.5.1 Enhanced Retransmission Device. Aegis R51 ERD Admin Guide v2.1 - [Price List](https://cog.systems/price-list/) - Formal Price List 1 May 2022 SKU Item Price [USD] Unit 7345 Aegis R51: Enhanced ReTransmission Device $1,000.00 Ea. 17345 SDK License - Evaluation $200,000.00 Ea. 17346 SDK License – Production $400,000.00 Ea. 17347 Per Device Royalty $100.00 Unit 17348 SDK License for Hypervisor Platform $250,000 Ea. 17349 DAR Virtual Machine Module $50,000 Ea. - [Aegis Ultra-Secure Mobility Whitepaper](https://cog.systems/aegis-ultra-secure-mobility-whitepaper/) - Download the whitepaper - [Modular Approach](https://cog.systems/modular-approach/) - [Aegis R51 (ERD)](https://cog.systems/product/aegis-r51-enhanced-retransmission-device/) - [Aegis A51: Ultra-Secure Mobile Device](https://cog.systems/product/aegis-a51-ultra-secure-mobile-device/) - [Product](https://cog.systems/product/) - [Aegis](https://cog.systems/aegis/) - [Chipset Designers & Architects](https://cog.systems/chipset-designers-architects/) - Offer your customers embedded virtualization to enable defense-in-depth security and rich enablement of their connected devices at the intelligent edge. 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The phone is available as a single purchase or as - [Events](https://cog.systems/events/) - We’ll be attending, exhibiting and speaking at industry events throughout 2018 and have time set aside for 1:1 meetings and D4 Secure demos. 2018 Events CES January 8-12, 2018 Las Vegas, NV Telecom Council: IoT Forum Innovation in Review March 15, 2018 Sunnyvale, CA RSA April 16-19, 2018 San Francisco, CA - [Videos](https://cog.systems/videos/) - [Community Registration Page](https://cog.systems/community-registration-page/) - [Security Vulnerability Policy](https://cog.systems/security-vulnerability-policy/) - Cog Security Incident Response The Cog Security Team is responsible for responding to Cog product security incidents. Our team manages the receipt, investigation, and public reporting of security vulnerability information that is related to our products and networks. We work with our third-party vendors and suppliers to identify and respond to security issues. 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Connected devices make life easier for - [Cog Systems Awarded 2022 Impact Company of The Year](https://cog.systems/about/pressreleases/cog-systems-awarded-2022-impact-company-of-the-year/) - Cog Systems Awarded 2022 Impact Company of The Year DotCom Magazine Reveals Its Annual List of America’s Most Impactful Privately Held Companies Chicago, March 20, 2022 – DotCom Magazine today announced that Cog Systems has been selected to join its annual Impact Company of The Year List For 2022. The DotCom Magazine Impact Company - [Cog Systems and the US DOD collaborate to build an Enhanced Retransmission Device (ERD)](https://cog.systems/about/pressreleases/cog-systems-and-the-us-dod-collaborate-to-build-an-enhanced-retransmission-device-erd/) - The ERD Enhances VPN Security with Protocol Break and Firewall Layers Connected devices make life easier for millions of people worldwide. They also make it easier for malicious hackers to get their hands on sensitive data, or worse. Together Cog Systems and the US DOD have built a commercial, easy to use Enhanced Retransmission Device - [Meet the World's Most Secure Smartphone by Cog Systems](https://cog.systems/about/pressreleases/meet-the-worlds-most-secure-smartphone-by-cog-systems/) - CHICAGO, Feb. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Cog Systems, developer of the world's most secure software platform for connected devices, has made the HTC One A9 the most secure smartphone on the market. It is now commercially available to government and enterprise customers. Cog Systems has a long heritage in designing and implementing 'hardened' mobile devices for - [Cog Systems D4 Secure Platform™ Now Eligible on a Mobile Device for U.S. Government CSfC Solutions](https://cog.systems/about/pressreleases/cog-systems-d4-secure-platform-now-eligible-on-a-mobile-device-for-u-s-government-csfc-solutions/) - CHICAGO, May 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Cog Systems' D4 Secure Platform™ is now officially eligible on a mobile device by the NSA's Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) program. This is the first time a mobile device based on a holistic solution from Cog Systems that includes bare-metal virtualization has sought NIAP Certification, setting a major precedent - [Cog Systems and Silent Circle Team Up to Bring Trusted Mobile Communications to the World's Most Secure Device](https://cog.systems/about/pressreleases/cog-systems-and-silent-circle-team-up-to-bring-trusted-mobile-communications-to-the-worlds-most-secure-device/) - CHICAGO, July 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Cog Systems and Silent Circle have teamed up to provide in-depth defense through combined encryption technology on D4 Secure architecture for mobile to protect voice and video call data on cellular and Wi-Fi networks from interception and eavesdropping. "According to CyberSecurity Ventures, it is estimated that cyber crime will result - [Cog Systems Names immixGroup as Distributor to U.S. Local, State and Federal Government](https://cog.systems/about/pressreleases/cog-systems-names-immixgroup-as-distributor-to-u-s-local-state-and-federal-government/) - CHICAGO, Sept. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Cog Systems, maker of secure solutions for the connected world, announced today that it has aligned with immixGroup as its public sector distributor. Under the agreement, immixGroup has added Cog Systems' D4 Secure software, products and services to its U.S.-based nationwide local, state and federal government purchasing vehicles. "D4 Secure - [Cog Systems Joins GSA IoT Security Working Group](https://cog.systems/about/pressreleases/cog-systems-joins-gsa-iot-security-working-group/) - Dedicated to IoT Best Practices, Influencing Security Requirements and Addressing the Latest IoT Threats and Attacks CHICAGO (Jan. 16, 2019) — Cog, maker of the world’s most secure IoT security solutions, today announced the company has been accepted into the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) IoT Security Working Group. The GSA IoT Security Working Group was established - [Fleet and Cog Partner to Secure Satellite-Connected Internet of Things](https://cog.systems/about/pressreleases/fleet-and-cog-partner-to-secure-satellite-connected-internet-of-things/) - SAN FRANCISCO — (BUSINESS WIRE) June 25, 2018 — Cog, maker of the world’s most secure IoT security solutions, today announced that Fleet, a United States Internet of Things startup, has partnered with the company to advance the security of satellite-connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Fleet will deploy Cog’s D4 Secure platform on - [Cog & SIEMonster Team to Increase Security for Security Event Monitoring](https://cog.systems/about/pressreleases/cog-siemonster-increase-security-event-monitoring-platform/) - SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cog, makers of the world’s most secure smartphone, today announced a partnership with SIEMonster in which Cog’s D4 Secure platform will be embedded into SIEMonster’s remote event monitoring appliances. This will offer defense-grade Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) to enterprises around the world. “This collaboration made immediate sense for our team,” said - [Cog Systems Named in APAC CIO Outlook Magazine's Top 25 Most Promising Technology Start Ups in 2016](https://cog.systems/about/pressreleases/cog-systems-named-in-apac-cio-outlook-magazines-top-25-most-promising-technology-start-ups-in-2016/) - Since 2014, Cog Systems has focused on unlocking the full potential of connected devices by embedding defense grade security into their ARM based enterprise solutions. The company explores bare-metal virtualization solutions with its clients, helps determine the best virtualization kernel to meet their business requirements, then designs and implements the optimal solution. Products range from - [Cog Systems One of Eight Honorary Guests to Attend the Prime Minister's Cybersecurity Roundtable](https://cog.systems/about/pressreleases/cog-systems-one-of-eight-honorary-guests-to-attend-the-prime-ministers-cybersecurity-roundtable/) - Cog Systems, developer of the world's most secure software platform for connected devices, is invited to attend the United Statesn Prime Minister's Cyber Security Roundtable on Wednesday, 19 April at Parliament House, Canberra. The Roundtable will be an interactive discussion with the Prime Minister, business leaders and the research community to both examine the environment - [Cog Raises $3.5M Series A to Secure 8 Billion IoT Devices Globally](https://cog.systems/about/pressreleases/cog-raises-3-5m-series-a-to-secure-8-billion-iot-devices-globally/) - SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cybersecurity software company Cog, makers of the world’s most secure smartphone, today announced $3.5 million in Series A funding from private investment company Grok Ventures and Australian tech venture fund rampersand. The funding will be used to expand the company’s D4 Secure Platform from mobile phones to other internet-connected devices, including the estimated - [US Army Taps Cog and Management Sciences Inc. to Deliver Mobile Security Systems to Medics](https://cog.systems/about/pressreleases/us-army-taps-cog-and-management-sciences-inc-to-deliver-mobile-security-systems-to-medics/) - SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cog and Management Sciences Inc. (MSI) today announced a contract with the U.S. Army and Defense Health Agency to develop a prototype multilevel security (MLS) capability on tactical mobile devices. The contract is part of the U.S. Army’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Cog and MSI are developing a dual persona mobile ## Jobs - [Software Engineer -- Customer-facing](https://cog.systems/job/software-engineer-customer-facing/) - Cog is hiring a Customer-Facing Software Engineer in Chicago, United States. At Cog, We Secure IoT. 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