Through a new and promising platform, the company is strengthening security for its Smart TV.
The increasing incidents of hacking smart TVs seem to have worried Samsung, which took a step forward and decided to strengthen the overall security of Smart TVs, launching a new security platform for smart TVs called GAIA.
The new platform is expected to be released alongside Samsung's upcoming line of smart TVs in 2016, and will be a core part of Tizen OS, the company's Linux-based operating system aimed at the IoT device market.
GAIA, as a platform, will include three distinct levels of security.
The first layer of security, called Secure Zone, is a virtual space protected by a strong password. Within this zone, the TV will store all of the user's private information, from financial details to app passwords.
The second level of security of GAIA has to do with data transfer security, and Samsung will use the platform to securely encrypt any type of communication sent from the TV to its central servers.
The third and final layer of security will be built into the Tizen OS itself, which has been cleverly designed to consist of two distinct parts. The first part of the OS will handle specific security features, while the second part of the OS will manage all of the device's functions.
Furthermore, the public key used to verify any operation will be included in the hardware itself, thus enhancing security tenfold.
