Cybersecurity for Safety-Critical Embedded Systems
Engineering-driven security for automotive, aerospace, medical, industrial control, and connected device platforms.
Vernda helps organizations design, assess, and harden embedded systems where failure is not an option.
What We Do
Modern safety-critical systems are connected, distributed, and software-defined. Security must be engineered into the architecture — not bolted on at the end.
Vernda provides deep technical cybersecurity consulting focused on:
- Secure embedded architecture design
- Threat modeling for distributed and networked systems
- Secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) integration
- Standards alignment (ISO 21434, DO-326A, IEC 62443, FDA guidance)
- Verification, testing, and security validation
We work directly with engineering teams to translate security requirements into implementable design decisions.
Our Approach
Security in safety-critical systems must be:
- Risk-driven
- Standards-aware
- Architecture-focused
- Verifiable
Vernda applies a structured methodology built around:
1. System Context & Risk Analysis
Identify assets, trust boundaries, safety interactions, and attack surfaces.
2. Threat Modeling
Structured analysis of realistic adversaries, entry points, and system abuse cases.
3. Architecture Hardening
Design and review of secure boot, key management, network segmentation, update mechanisms, and runtime protections.
4. Secure Development Integration
Embedding security into requirements, design reviews, implementation, and verification workflows.
5. Validation & Assurance
Security testing aligned to regulatory and safety objectives.
The result is measurable risk reduction — not just documentation.