Mocana reportedly has unveiled a new version of NanoSec, a standards-based, full-featured and RFC-compliant IPsec solution for device security applications.

 

Although security is a major part of any company’s budgetary decisions, they’re often forced to look for the economical alternatives.

 

Officials at NanoSec say they provide battery-friendly, best-in-class device security services for resource-constrained environments and help to develop those products at a faster pace.

 

NanoSec can be used with smartphones, intelligent printers, networked medical devices, industrial automation and SCADA applications.

 

According to James Blaisdell, chief technical officer for Mocana (News - Alert), most device manufacturers build their products to communicate with a specific set of other products, meaning their IPsec IKE implementations are very basic, which from a user perspective is very constricting.

 

“This new version of NanoSec includes a number of features and policies that can be switched on and off as needed, without needing to completely recode the product,” Blaisdell said.

 

Here’s how Mocana officials diagram NanoSec’s architecture:

 

 

In a typical IP communications set-up, data is encrypted over the network before it is sent. Authenticating data IPsec-IKE is a standard for securing IP communications that encrypts or authenticates packets at the network layer. It also offers benefits such as authentication, data confidentiality, and message integrity.

 

NanoSec authenticates devices and device applications to the network, apart from securing communications between devices and resources. NanoPhone also provides a framework of robust security tools like firewall, VPN, and encryption features for development on Android (News - Alert)-powered smartphones.

 

Developers can register for a free source code evaluation of NanoSec here.

 

In June this year, the company announced general availability of NanoDefender, an intrusion prevention solution designed specifically for constrained device environments.