McAfee Embedded Control

McAfee Embedded Control

Secure embedded systems from malware and attacks by hackers and cybercriminals

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Overview

McAfee Embedded Control blocks unauthorized applications and change on fixed-function, point-of-service infrastructures, including retail devices, medical devices, industrial control systems, office equipment, gaming devices, automotive, and various military and aerospace devices. Embedded Control provides a simple, lightweight software technology to make your devices resilient to malware infections and attacks.

Viable security for fixed-function and legacy systems — Embedded Control uniquely extends a layer of device security with a fixed CPU or memory, including point-of-sale (POS) terminals, ATMs, and medical imaging systems that perform critical functions and often store sensitive data. A low-overhead footprint does not impact system performance, and it is equally effective in standalone mode, without network access. Dynamically manage whitelists, making it easy to support multiple configurations for different business needs.

An efficient, transparent solution — Embedded Control runs transparently on fixed-function embedded systems, enables the entire point-of-service infrastructure to be monitored without impact, and can be set up quickly. This flexible, affordable, and embedded system security solution dynamically manages whitelists and supports multiple configurations for different business needs and devices.

Comprehensive change policy enforcement and compliance management — Get continuous change detection capabilities, while proactively preventing unauthorized, out-of-policy change attempts. Embedded Control links protection directly to policy and verifies changes against the source, time window, or approved change ticket. Changes outside of policy are blocked, greatly reducing change-related outages and compliance violations. Embedded Control provides categorical management, enabling IT to fulfill and validate compliance requirements efficiently and cost effectively. This supports many compliance standards, including PCI and SOX, as well as healthcare and energy industry requirements.

Complete protection from unwanted applications — Embedded Control extends coverage to Java, ActiveX controls, scripts, batch files, and specialty code for greater control over application components.

Embedded Control for Android

Features & Benefits

Get zero-day protection

Implement embedded system security with solutions that prevent zero-day attacks, as hackers and cyberthieves create and release more unique and virulent malware than ever before. McAfee Embedded Control’s whitelisting is a wholly new approach to solve security threats on embedded devices.

Prevent unauthorized software changes on production devices

Stop unapproved changes to all types of embedded devices and equipment that can lead to costly system shutdowns, exposure to data loss, unanticipated loss of device control, and various regulatory fines and penalties. Embedded Control can help prevent these problems with application whitelisting and change control.

Mitigate support and field maintenance costs related to security problems

Prevent unauthorized changes to devices that cost device manufacturers time and resources while they resolve system errors and malfunctions. Whitelisting and change control solutions from McAfee ensure these expensive, unauthorized changes never occur in the first place.

Reduce frequent, costly OS patching

Lock down the runtime environment and help prevent costly OS patching cycles with application whitelisting. New security vulnerabilities are discovered and published to the Internet every day, making it difficult for manufacturers and their customers to ensure devices are safe and secure from the most recent exploits.

Meet PCI compliance requirements

Maintain PCI compliance through whitelisting and change control, as retail sales devices used to process customer transactions often require strict adherence to a series of PCI requirements.

Leverage resource intensive, multiple security solutions for security and compliance

Use a whitelisting approach to dramatically decrease complex security systems and achieve increased protection against malicious zero-day attacks. Changing the approach to security yields substantial cost reduction while improving a company’s security posture.

Avoid system unavailability due to unauthorized changes

Design pre-emptive protection into manufacturers’ devices upfront to yield significant benefits for both the device manufacturer and the customer. When expensive manufacturing, medical, and financial systems go down due to unauthorized system changes, companies can experience significant financial loss and customer dissatisfaction.

System Requirements

These are minimum system requirements only. Actual requirements will vary depending on the nature of your environment.

  • Platforms Supported
    • Windows 7 (32/64-bit)
    • Windows 7 Embedded (32/64-bit)
    • Windows Vista
    • Windows XPE
    • Windows XP (32/64-bit)
    • Windows 2008
    • Windows 2008 R2
    • Windows 2003
    • Windows 2003 R2
    • Windows 2000
    • Windows NT
    • WEPOS, POS rReady 2009
    • WES 2009
    • RHEL 4/5/6 (32/64-bit)
    • CentOS 4/5 (32/64-bit)
    • SuSE 10/11 (32/64-bit)
    • Open SuSE 10/11 (32-bit)
    • Solaris 9/10 (SPARC)
    • Solaris 10 (32/64-bit)
    • WindRiver Linux 4.3
  • System Requirements
    • Windows/Unix
    • Single/Multiple Intel Pentium
    • 512 MB RAM
    • 20 MB free disk space
    • Administrator privileges on the system

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McAfee Embedded Control for Android

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McAfee Embedded Control

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McAfee Embedded Control - Retail

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McAfee Embedded Control for Aerospace and Defense

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McAfee Embedded Control for Consumer and Home Networking

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McAfee Embedded Control for Healthcare

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McAfee Embedded Control for Integrated Control Systems (ICS)

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  • POS Systems and Trust (Part 2)
    Kim Singletary - April 10, 2013
    Cash registers first originated in the 1870’s to combat a problem of dishonest employees who were pocketing money from customers.  Point of Sale (POS) systems are specialized computer systems today, but many have open operating systems and are susceptible to the same issues as any other computer system. As additional features continue to expand POS Read more...
  • Your Next Breath May Be Compromised By Malware
    Kim Singletary - August 02, 2012
    For some, breathing requires the assistance and support of healthcare providers and medical respiratory equipment. But as a patient or caretaker of a loved one who relies on these devices, would you be concerned about receiving updates from the manufacturer through the Internet? We often take for granted how connected our lives are and how Read more...
  • Gift of Malware: Who’s to Blame?
    Kim Singletary - May 21, 2012
    I was talking to a healthcare organization recently that was in utter disappointment over their new CAT scan machine. When deployed, the machine was already infected with malware, and the bug spread to other systems in the organization. Pre-installed malware is never something you expect to deal with in a new machine, but it can Read more...
  • Security Challenges in the Rapid Adoption of Technology into the Basics of Driving
    Archive - January 23, 2012
    With some predictions of “self driving cars” being available to consumers as early as 2018, the rapid adoption of technology into the basics of driving is posing some interesting challenges from a security standpoint. In a recent TV news report, Closer Look: Newer Cars May Pose Hacking Risk, McAfee’s Brian Contos discusses some of these Read more...
  • About Cars Powered By Computing
    Gert Jan Schenk - October 04, 2011
    During the last couple of weeks, I had some very interesting customer meetings with car manufacturers.  I am passionate about cars so I followed the news coming out of the major car event, The 64the International Motor Show (IAA), also known as the Frankfurt Auto Show, with great interest.  Almost one million people from all over Read more...