EMBEDDED DEVICE SECURITY SOLUTIONS

DEFEND FROM WITHIN

From firmware hardening to runtime protection—we secure critical embedded devices from cyber attacks.

Trusted Solutions for
Embedded Systems

Red Balloon Security delivers customized solutions to secure embedded devices across critical industries. Our proven technology provides unparalleled protection for your most essential systems.

Firmware Hardening

Reduce exploit chains and disrupt modern attack vectors—without granting source code access or requiring hardware modifications.

Bitstream + Binary Analysis

Analyze and reverse engineer device binaries, and FPGA bitstreams to identify hidden risks, validate security claims, and expedite fixes.

DEPLOYMENTS & VERIFIED COMPATIBILITY​

Aptiv
Aptiv
Denso
Denso
Cisco
Cisco
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard
Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation
Siemens
Siemens
Rivian
Rivian

U.S. GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENTS

Air Force Research Laboratory
Air Force Research Laboratory
DARPA
DARPA
Department Of Defense
Department Of Defense
In-Q-Tel
In-Q-Tel
NAVSEA
NAVSEA
United States Digital Service
United States Digital Service

DEPLOYMENTS & VERIFIED COMPATIBILITY​

U.S. GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENTS

GUIDED BY OUR RESEARCH

Our team specializes in advancing research for embedded security.

Tech art image featuring Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 device for Red Balloon Security's vulnerability discovery report, photo art image

SIEMENS:
Critical Vulnerabilites Discovered

Red Balloon has discovered critical architectural vulnerabilities in the Siemens SIMATIC and SIPLUS S7-1500 series that allow for bypass of all protected boot features.

DARPA RADICS PROGRAM:
Protecting The Power Grid

Red Balloon provided embedded defense to protection relays, RTUs and network equipment to increase device protection, detect attacks and bring device level forensics.

PIADC FACILITY:
Commercializing Tech For Deployment

U.S. Government funded Red Balloon research to bring advanced on-device security with real-time detection to production-network building controllers.

THRANGRYCAT:
Defeating Cisco's Secure Boot

Red Balloon discovered a vulnerability which allows an attacker to persistently bypass Cisco’s proprietary secure boot mechanism and lock out future updates.