Question

Does the fact that these operating systems are embedded and nontraditional improve, diminish, or have no effect on their security? Justify your answer.

(Computer Security II)

Answer 1

Embedded Operating Systems are the operating systems which use less resources available and also is dedicated to one particular specific task and is usually difficult to upgrade. In these operating system, it is difficult to upgrade them thus making it frequently outdated. Its hardware is limited and troubleshooting is difficult. But at the same time they are easy to manage and costs less. Also, the performance is good for a particular task as it is dedicated to a particular task.

Since Embedded Operating Systems are traditionally designed for embedded systems which are small and must be resource efficient, these operating systems are quite helpful. These costs low and is also resource efficient for ONE single task which are the main features to use Embedded System.

Some of the security problem with these operating systems are: Irregular Security Update, Attack replication, Device Life cycle.

So, these operating systems diminish the security issues.