Eugene Kaspersky’s dream has come true. Kaspersky OS, the secure operating system designed for smart systems, is a reality
The new Kaspersky operating system took 14 years to develop and was designed from scratch, without relying on other solutions, such as Linux. At first glance, it looks like an ordinary black box, but in reality, it is a Layer 3 switch for networks that require maximum data security.
Kaspersky OS – explains Eugene Kaspersky – is the ideal operating system for applications that require a small, optimized and secure platform such as IoT devices, also known as the Internet of Things. If once – Kaspersky tells us – cyber-threats only targeted critical infrastructure, telecommunications and other systems that are fundamental to modern life, today data security is also about physical security. Until yesterday, nobody imagined that all the digital systems existing in the world could be hacked. Today it’s clear to everyone that no one is really safe.
What is Kaspersky OS?
Eugene Kaspersky – CEO of the homonymous company – doesn’t give many details about the new operating system yet, but he tells it in broad strokes on his blog. It is based, first of all, on a microkernel architecture that allows to assemble “from the blocks” different changes to the operating system, depending on the particular needs of a customer. It incorporates, moreover, a security system able to control the behavior of applications and modules of the operating system. A cyber-criminal, in order to hack this platform, would first have to succeed in “unhinging” the digital signature – an extremely expensive operation, at least before the advent of quantum computers.
Proprietary Operating System
Kaspersky OS, in the last analysis, was developed from scratch. There is not even a shadow of a tiny string of Linux code. The reason for choosing not to use the “penguin”, or any of its close relatives, has its own logical explanation: “all the most used operating systems”, explains Kaspersky, “are not designed with security in mind”. The most obvious (and safe) solution, therefore, was to start from scratch and develop everything as correctly as possible. And that’s what, as Eugene Kaspersky reiterates, “we did.”