Carlsbad, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/12/2011 -- Cypherbridge Systems announces the appointment of Phaedrus Systems, the leading supplier of tools and services to the developers of embedded safety-critical and high-integrity systems, as its distributor in the United Kingdom.

"Phaedrus System's focus on the safety-critical and high-reliability embedded sector makes it an ideal distribution partner to build business in the UK and beyond", said Steve DeLaney, President of Cypherbridge Systems.

"Their deep experience in embedded systems and security, along with technical and process excellence, have established them as a recognized industry leader".

"Our growing EMEA customer base, including smart meter and smart grid, can now take advantage of regional product delivery, services and support".

Phaedrus will be distributing the rapidly developing portfolio of Cypherbridge products, including:

uSSL Software Stack: a portable ANSI C software stack implementing standards based SSL, PKI, crypto, hashing, and network protocols.

uLoad Boot Loader and Installer: a portable ANSI C secure boot loader, image installer and key management.

uSSH Embedded SSH Server: a portable ANSI C SSH server for interactive shell and tunnelled TCP/IP security layer.

uCard – ISO-7816 card services middleware and drivers for contact and NFC contactless applications, point-of-sale terminals and payment applications.

AK200 Point-of-Sale Application Kit: a low power wireless PoS terminal application kit providing a project-ready solution for the rapidly growing market for secure payment transaction card-present applications.

"Cypherbridge products are high quality with built-in security," said Chris Hills, founder and CTO of Phaedrus Systems. "This makes them an ideal element for high-integrity and safety critical users."

About Cypherbridge Systems
Cypherbridge Systems, a technology R&D firm established in 2005, has developed and deployed purpose-built security software, device and system level solutions to a broad spectrum of industries including telecom, industrial control, machine-to-machine, smart meter/smart grid, point-of-sale PCI and ISO-7816 Smart Card. The company is based in Carlsbad, California, USA.

For more information please visit: http://www.cypherbridge.com.

About Phaedrus Systems
Phaedrus Systems Limited is the UK's leading specialist in the support of engineers at all stages of embedded safety-critical and high-integrity projects. The company is IAR's distributor in the UK. Other tools available include requirements capture for IEC 61508, EN 50128 and nuclear applications; requirements tracking and competency tools; estimation software; SIL3 RTOS; hi-rel embedded database; compiler validation reports and reliability/failure software. Consultants have experience working on automotive, rail and aerospace applications, meeting standards such as IEC 61508 SIL4, and D0178B. Backing these is a wide range of other relevant embedded tools.

Independent advice is strengthened by the company's founder being an active participant in several standards bodies, including ISO C, C++ and IEC 61508-3, and a principal author of MISRA-C:2004. Phaedrus Systems is based in Tamworth, Staffordshire.

For more information please visit: http://www.phaedsys.com

For Phaedrus Systems
Chris Hills,
Email: chills@phaedsys.com
Tel: +44 1827 259546

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A low power, low footprint approach to wirelessly secure payment transactions in embedded devices

San Jose, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/06/2011 -- Cypherbridge Systems today announced the availability of the AK200 Design Kit, providing a turnkey solution for the rapidly growing market for secure payment transaction Point-of-Sale Terminals.

Steve DeLaney, President of Cypherbridge Systems, looks forward to demonstrate the new Application Kit at ESC:

"The AK200 integrates the essential building blocks to deploy innovative transaction systems, accelerate time-to-market and jump start the path to revenue," he says, explaining how the sample application puts up a TCP data call, secures the link with uSSL, then executes a sample credit card transaction.

The AK200 is adaptable to just about anything that needs a Point-of-Sale (POS) solution using TCP 802.11 or cellular wireless WAN, including power managed battery operated systems. The AK200 client is integrated with a leading 3rd party payment clearing house that handles the credit card authorization and settlement. A range of transaction models can be used including standard swipe, P2PE encryption, or hosted payments depending on business model.

POS Terminals can be centrally managed to vary time-of-day or event rates, track usage patterns, increase operator revenue, plus deliver improved self-diagnostic alerts and field service.

"We have seen a sharp increase in the demand to secure payments and communications in these types of embedded devices. The security requirements, however, are unfamiliar to many engineers, so that's why we deliver not only the foundation SDK but also value-add expertise, guidance and customization to help integrate the solution," says the Cypherbridge Systems President.

The industry proven uSSL embedded SDK provides the low-footprint MCU based security foundation, implementing SSL/TLS encryption and hash algorithms to connect with cloud-based transaction servers.

Electric vehicle charging stations, smart electric meters, and parking systems are recent examples of successful Cypherbridge implementations of the uSSL SDK standards based approach. Based on uSSL, the AK200 eliminates proprietary proxy servers, hosting and expense, resulting in a lower system capital and maintenance cost.

Low cost WLAN and M2M cellular modems deliver the connectivity between the terminal and internet. Using TCP offload into the wireless device reduces the memory footprint and cost for the system MCU.

AK200 includes a nationwide cellular data plan in partnership with Wyless Group, an M2M managed service provider. This project ready relationship eliminates the need to negotiate data service, and the resilient Wyless network ensures quality and coverage.

About Cypherbridge Systems
Cypherbridge Systems, a technology R&D firm based in Carlsbad, CA, was established in 2005 to develop software, server, security, device and system level products. Their product portfolio includes security and device management solutions to enable a broad range of connected device applications, integrating embedded device, communications networks, and back office servers for interoperable, scalable and secure end-to-end systems. For more information please visit http://www.cypherbridge.com

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Securing communications in embedded systems has become increasingly important as "the internet of things" takes off. Cypherbridge now partners with Ultimate Solutions to address the continued demand.

Carlsbad, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/05/2011 -- Cypherbridge Systems, a technology R&D firm, announced a partnering agreement with embedded tools provider, Ultimate Solutions. Under this agreement, Ultimate Solutions will now be distributing Cypherbridge's Embedded Security and Device Management solutions in North America.

Steve DeLaney, President of Cypherbridge Systems, has seen continued demand for these solutions as secure communications in embedded systems become increasingly important to customers, product managers, and design engineers.

"We are excited to partner with Ultimate Solutions as we continue to expand our market and software product lines. Ultimate Solutions is a solid well-established distributor with broad reach in the industry, providing a single channel with a wide range of embedded development tools. Together, we can now supply developers with a comprehensive source for embedded software development tools, security software, FPGA cores, and embedded content serving stacks all under one roof."

According to Peter Tympanick, Product Manager with Ultimate Solutions, Cypherbridge products such as uLoad secure boot loader, uSSL public-key infrastructure and uSSH encryption SDKs, will become common requirements for many of the company's customers:

"The timing is right for Ultimate Solutions to offer a robust suite of software development tools to address this market. Our customers have come to rely on USI to stay ahead of the curve with regards to development tools," says the Product Manager, who sees the alignment with Cypherbridge as helping the company achieve this objective.

About Cypherbridge Systems
Cypherbridge Systems, a technology R&D firm based in Carlsbad, CA, was established in 2005 to develop software, server, security, device and system level products. Their product portfolio includes security and device management solutions to enable a broad range of connected device applications, integrating embedded device, communications networks, and back office servers for interoperable, scalable and secure end-to-end systems. For more information please visit http://www.cypherbridge.com

About Ultimate Solutions, Inc.
Ultimate Solutions, a Massachusetts based company was founded in 1999 with a vision to provide developers of embedded systems with a single channel to procure a wide spectrum of professional grade development tools. USI's product lines target the most commonly used general purpose CPUs and programmable DSPs available in the market today. Over the years, USI has established itself as the leading supplier of development tools for the embedded Linux market. In 2007, the company developed and released the industries first Eclipse based debugger optimized for use with GDB and Abatron's BDI2000/3000 series of BDM/JTAG probes. In the years to follow, USI is committed to expanding its products and support services to meet the demands of tomorrow's embedded developers. For more information, please visit http://www.ultsol.com.

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