Samsung introduces security system GAIA TVs Smart TV – Media2.pl

Samsung announced the introduction of a system GAIA – three-layer security solutions for the entire line of televisions Smart TV from 2016 years operating system based on Tizen. The solution will provide users with safety in all areas of Smart TV platform ecosystem

Software GAIA provides protection of your personal information in three ways. Firstly, the system is called. “safe zone”, ie. a virtual barrier that creates a safe space and ensures protection of basic service operations. Safe Keyboard – a virtual data input mechanism visible on the TV screen – is used to protect your personal information, such as credit card information and passwords.
GAIA also important encrypts data sent between the TV and the Internet of Things services servers. Built-in anti-malware detects and blocks all unauthorized programs that can potentially be used to break into the system. The system thus prevents them from starting or changes in critical areas of the operating system of the TV Smart TV.

Increasing the level of safety also applies to the underlying hardware. By separating the OS Tizen into two parts comprising a main space and a security space, the data of each area is protected separately. In addition, the system hardware was included public key used to verify personal data.

Samsung forecasts that in 2016 television will become a central element of the ecosystem of the Internet of Things (IoT). In addition to the equipment in the system GAIA SUHD all TVs Samsung with 2016 years will also support the Internet of Things technology, making himself the TV can act as a controller for the entire system home Internet of Things.