The GuardOS™ Platform

Secure Computing on the OS Level

The GuardOS Secure Operating System is an enabling technology for the application server market. The GuardOS platform (60,000 lines of code) serves as the system layer between the computer hardware and the Java virtual machine (JVM). Traditionally, JVMs rely on an operating system, such as Unix, for their interface to the hardware, but this is an unnecessarily heavyweight solution. JVMs have incorporated many of the functions of the Operating Systems. Consequently, most of the 8 million lines of code in a typical OS are redundant, and serve only to utilize resources while reducing reliability and security.

The GuardOS platform provides only the functions required by the JVM to interface to the hardware. The technology it uses to do this provides the entire system with unprecedented levels of security, reliability and performance. Because the JVMs are lightweight, an application, such as a stock trading system, can use a separate JVM for every trader. This ensures that information cannot be compromised. Initially, GuardOS technology was developed to serve the financial services market. It is a proven system, which has met the highest commercial standards for secure systems.

For more details about GuardOS platform, a white paper is available in our online Tech Library.