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Securing IoT Innovation: A Unified Platform for Cost-Effective Scalability
An IoT gateway customer partnered with Lynx to tackle security challenges across their connected device platform. By implementing a unified solution for Linux platform maintenance and security, Lynx delivered cost savings, streamlined development, and ensured compliance across multiple product families.

Overview
Faced with the complexity of managing security across multiple IoT device families, a leading IoT manufacturer collaborated with Lynx to build a secure, unified platform. The goal: maintain Linux platform integrity, enable faster adoption by device teams, and reduce development costs. Lynx provided a scalable solution that improved security, reduced risks, and empowered innovation.Protecting your intellectual property is about more than safeguarding your technology; it’s about protecting your reputation, market share, and competitive edge. Lynx empowers innovators to secure their devices with proven solutions that reduce risks, simplify workflows, and accelerate time to market.
About the Client
- Industry: IoT Device Manufacturing
- Focus: Connected device ecosystems, scalable IoT gateway solutions
- Key Needs: Security, cost efficiency, and streamlined workflows across device families
Challenge
Tackling IoT Complexity and Security
The customer faced increasing pressure to secure their IoT gateway platform while reducing costs and improving efficiency. Challenges included:
- Maintaining Linux platform security over time for multiple product families.
- Delivering security patches to device teams monthly while ensuring timely adoption.
- Freeing up resources to focus on high-value product development.
- Managing BSP updates and kernel upgrades in alignment with NXP Yocto releases.
Without a unified platform, these tasks were time-intensive, error-prone, and costly—threatening both compliance and competitiveness.
Solution
Lynx Delivers a Unified, Secure IoT Platform
Lynx implemented a secure, scalable IoT platform to address the customer’s challenges and improve operational efficiency. Key solutions included:
- Security Audits: A thorough assessment of the base platform during design to mitigate vulnerabilities early.
Benefit: Reduced exposure to costly and high-risk security flaws. - Regular Updates: Monthly triaging of security vulnerabilities and kernel updates.
Benefit: Continuous compliance and strengthened security for connected devices. - Unified Development Platform: Commonization of peripheral drivers, integrated into a centralized base platform.
Benefit: Simplified workflows for device teams and accelerated time-to-market. - CI/CD Infrastructure: Automated pipelines for BSP testing and updates.
Benefit: Improved reliability and reduced manual overhead.
By standardizing processes and tools, Lynx streamlined maintenance and empowered device teams to focus on innovation.
Results
Lower Costs, Higher Security, Faster Development
The Lynx solution delivered measurable results:
- Cost Savings: Reduced development, maintenance, and security expenses across multiple product families.
- Enhanced Efficiency: Device teams adopted updates faster, cutting time-to-market delays.
- Improved Security: Monthly vulnerability fixes maintained Linux platform integrity.
- Scalability: Designed to support evolving IoT security and compliance needs.
A client representative remarked: "With Lynx’s unified platform, we’ve transformed how we manage security and updates. Our teams can now focus on creating value, not patching vulnerabilities."
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