Internship / Graduation thesis - Add Authentication System to Radars

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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

Add authentication system to Radars 

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 authentication of users.

Investigate what is needed to establish an authentication system in Radars.
Investigate what is needed to couple it with external authentication systems (e.g. the authentication system of the Combat Management System).
Design and implement a proof-of-concept for a Radar System. The future Radar Systems will use CoreOs as operating system. So preferably CoreOs and their DEX solution are taken into account.
Optionally: the Combat Management System of Thales includes Kerberos for
authentication management. Proof coupling of external Kerberos system to the
authentication management system of the Radar.

Affinity

Linux, Operating Systems