Legacy & Embedded Systems

Patching is an ongoing activity, required to keep applications and operating systems up-to-date until they can be upgraded or removed from service. This often presents challenges for security patch deployment, especially when legacy applications or applications for which a patch cannot be deployed are encountered. An older application that performs a specific business function may not support a new operating system and hence, may not be upgraded. As a result, some organizations may be required to continue using an operating system or application well after the vendor has stopped providing security patches.

Embedded systems are typically built upon any one of a variety of open operating systems. These systems are more sensitive to the deployment of security patches because the original manufacturer of the device must first certify or test new patches or else the systems will not be covered under warranty or support. Often these test cycles to support a new patch can be extremely long, putting the embedded device at risk of attack or compliance failure until the patch has been installed. In these cases there are few alternatives to patching the device. Some examples include medical systems, manufacturing systems, or any business critical application that has not moved to a newer version of the operating system.

Blue Lane Technologies can help companies with legacy and embedded systems to instantly secure critical applications and databases from malicious attacks with zero operational risk. Blue Lane's solution shields unpatched servers as well as the underlying applications within embedded systems with zero footprint, zero downtime, and zero tuning.