Contract Type:Type:
Internship
Education Level:Education:
Associate degree (EQF 5), Bachelor (EQF 6)
Published on:Published:
20/09/2016
Thales Nederland is active in the Defence and Security sectors and is, with more than 2000 employees, a top provider of high-tech jobs. Product innovation and swift anticipation of the newest technological possibilities are the mainsprings of our business. Examples are radar, communication and command & control systems for naval ships and communication, security and payment systems for trade and industry. Thales Nederland is part of the Thales Group, which has a workforce of 68.000 in more than 50 countries making it one of Europe’s largest electronics companies.
The software department of the Application Engineering cluster is responsible for the software development in radar- and optical sensors for worldwide navies- and air defense systems.
Assignment
Establish Chain of Trust
The amount of machines in a radar increases and the risk of a system getting hacked increases. For that reason, focus on cyber security is essential. One of the principals is a trusted computing platform.
- Investigate what is needed to establish a chain of trust for computing equipment in Radar Systems.
- Investigate if it is possible to establish a chain of trust when network booting (PXE booting) is used.
- Design and implement a proof-of-concept for a Radar System.
- Optionally: show how a Certificate Authority can use this Chain of Trust
Affinity
Thales Nederland is active in the Defence and Security sectors and is, with more than 2000 employees, a top provider of high-tech jobs. Product innovation and swift anticipation of the newest technological possibilities are the mainsprings of our business. Examples are radar, communication and command & control systems for naval ships and communication, security and payment systems for trade and industry. Thales Nederland is part of the Thales Group, which has a workforce of 68.000 in more than 50 countries making it one of Europe’s largest electronics companies.
The software department of the Application Engineering cluster is responsible for the software development in radar- and optical sensors for worldwide navies- and air defense systems.
Assignment
Establish Chain of Trust
The amount of machines in a radar increases and the risk of a system getting hacked increases. For that reason, focus on cyber security is essential. One of the principals is a trusted computing platform.
- Investigate what is needed to establish a chain of trust for computing equipment in Radar Systems.
- Investigate if it is possible to establish a chain of trust when network booting (PXE booting) is used.
- Design and implement a proof-of-concept for a Radar System.
- Optionally: show how a Certificate Authority can use this Chain of Trust
Affinity
