2026 WINNER · CYBERSECURITY STARS AWARDS
RunSafe Security · Embedded Software Security & SBOM Platform
Best Embedded Security Platform
Overview
RunSafe Security protects embedded software across critical infrastructure, delivering automated vulnerability identification and software hardening from build-time to runtime to defend the software supply chain and critical systems without compromising performance or requiring code rewrites.
The RunSafe Security Platform includes the authoritative build-time SBOM generator for embedded systems and C/C++ projects, automated vulnerability identification and risk quantification, and patented memory relocation techniques to mitigate memory-based vulnerabilities.
Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, with an office in Huntsville, Alabama, RunSafe Security's customers span the aerospace and defense, energy, operational technology, industrial automation, transportation and automotive, medical device, and high-tech manufacturing verticals.
Key Capabilities
- Patented code protections (Load-time Function Randomization): Prevents the exploitation of embedded devices in the field, even before a patch is available, for memory-based vulnerabilities, one of the most prevalent and dangerous vulnerability classes per the NSA and CISA.
- Software Supply Chain Security: RunSafe's precise SBOM capabilities improve vulnerability identification and triage for embedded and product security teams. RunSafe also automatically generates VEX files as part of its SBOM output to reveal whether known vulnerabilities in SBOM-listed components are exploitable in a specific device. RunSafe also allows teams to configure pipelines to automatically fail when High or Critical vulnerabilities are detected and when Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) are identified.
- The authoritative Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) generator for C/C++: Provides precise visibility into embedded software components. No package manager required. RunSafe generates CycloneDX SBOMs at build-time and includes all mandatory NTIA minimum elements for compatibility with regulatory reporting requirements.
How we are different
RunSafe is solving one of the most difficult and consequential problems in cybersecurity: securing the embedded software and firmware that underpins critical infrastructure and long-lived systems. Unlike traditional IT environments, embedded systems are deployed for years or decades, often without the ability to patch, update, or continuously monitor them. They run on resource-constrained hardware, rely heavily on memory-unsafe languages like C and C++, and must meet stringent performance, safety, and certification requirements. These realities make traditional security controls impractical or disruptive, leaving embedded systems uniquely exposed to modern threats.
RunSafe stands out because its technology is purpose-built for these constraints. Rather than forcing developers to rewrite legacy code or retrofit heavyweight security tools, RunSafe delivers automated protection that works with the realities of embedded environments. Its patented Load-time Function Randomization (LFR) provides runtime memory safety protections that significantly reduce the exploitability of memory corruption vulnerabilities without requiring a single line of source code to be changed. This approach enables organizations to meaningfully raise the security bar for embedded systems while preserving performance, reliability, and certification integrity.
In addition to runtime protection, RunSafe supports embedded software supply chain security, an area historically underserved by existing tools. RunSafe's build-time SBOM generator is uniquely designed for C/C++ projects. By generating SBOMs at build time, RunSafe provides visibility into embedded software components that is often lacking, enabling automated vulnerability identification, license compliance, and risk analysis tailored to how embedded systems are actually built and deployed. The build-time SBOM generator also helps embedded teams meet new compliance requirements, such as those from the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and FDA pre-market submissions.
RunSafe's mission has always been to make critical infrastructure safe, allowing the economy to thrive and preventing adversaries from gaining an upper hand through infiltration. Nation-state campaigns like Volt Typhoon have demonstrated how embedded and operational technology systems are being targeted as strategic attack surfaces. RunSafe directly addresses this risk by protecting the software foundations of devices used across energy, industrial, transportation, defense, and other critical sectors where failure is not an option.
RunSafe Protect is now able to integrate with Lynx's MOSA.ic platform, making it the first DAL-A certified memory safe real-time operating system. RunSafe's embedded security protections now support Lynx's advanced aviation implementations. In addition, RunSafe is now a verified publisher on Iron Bank, the Department of Defense's (DoD) hardened repository of pre-assessed and approved development, security, and operations (DevSecOps) solutions.
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