Department of Homeland Security's live-sky testing
evaluations influenced development of BlueSky GNSS Firewall
Software Release 2.0
CHANDLER, Arizona, June 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Critical
infrastructure systems including power utilities, financial
services, mobile networks and transportation rely on Global
Positioning System (GPS)-delivered timing to ensure ongoing
operations. Microchip Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHP) today
announced the release of a major software update for its
BlueSky™ GNSS Firewall product, providing a higher level
of resiliency against GPS vulnerabilities for systems dependent on
GPS signal reception.
Microchip's BlueSky GNSS Firewall Software Release
2.0 performs real-time analysis to detect jamming and spoofing
for protecting reception of the GPS signal and hardening response
and recovery to avoid signal disruption. BlueSky GNSS Firewall
Software Release 2.0 includes charting and advanced threshold
settings of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) observables
such as satellites-in-view, carrier-to-noise, position dispersion,
phase time deviation and radio frequency (RF) power level to
simplify system turn-up and deployment.
BlueSky GNSS Firewall Software Release 2.0 includes improvements
developed by Microchip as a result of participation in an industry
live-sky testing event hosted by the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate and open to all
providers. Microchip's participation in the DHS-hosted GPS Testing
for Critical Infrastructure (GET-CI) events, with scenarios
including spoofed signals, has helped the company to identify new
solutions to prevent signal disruptions. As a result of 2019
live-sky testing and other input, Microchip developed the Blue Sky
GNSS Firewall Software Release 2.0 to address operators' evolving
requirements.
As a leader in frequency and time systems, Microchip
continuously innovates GPS signal reception security technologies
for commercial and military operators similar to how network
firewalls protect against virus threats. Updates are essential to
defend against rapidly-evolving GNSS disruptions and enable
critical infrastructure operators to avoid interruptions of
service.
Microchip's BlueSky GNSS Firewall Software Release 2.0 is
provided as part of a subscription service and is installed on the
BlueSky GNSS Firewall device. When connected to Microchip's
TimePictra management software, critical infrastructure operators
also can monitor and analyze GNSS signals in cities, across
geographic regions, throughout a country and even globally.
Other complementary devices and software in Microchip's suite of
GPS systems and services include
the TimeProvider® 4100 Precise Timing
Grandmaster with Gateway Clock, SyncServer 600/650 timing and
frequency instrument, miniature atomic clock (MAC), Time Cesium and
5071A cesium primary frequency standard.
Availability
Contact your Microchip salesperson for ordering detail. Complete
information is at https://www.microsemi.com/salescontacts.
Note: The Microchip name and logo and the Microchip logo are
registered trademarks of Microchip Technology Incorporated in the
U.S.A. and other countries.
BlueSky and TimeProvider are trademarks of Microchip Technology
Inc. in the U.S.A. and other
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of their respective companies.
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