As the number of connected systems increases, the need for enhanced security increases as well. At the system level, devices must include protections to mitigate the possibility of security holes and support the latest encryption standards. The Sitara AM2434 MCU was designed from the ground up with careful attention to system-level system-on-chip design that can enable improved security and safety in a system, including programmable security keys and flexible firewall configurations. As security standards evolve, the Sitara MCU architecture is flexible and will adjust and adapt as well to continue offering support for the latest standards.

A system-on-chip design also needs to comply with the safety standards required throughout the industrial and automotive industries, such as Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL)-D and SIL-3. It supports system level-safety solutions, enabling developers to use the integrated M4F core as a watchdog for the system and offering the ability to reset the rest of the device while continuing to run. The networking peripherals can also run independently of the main Arm® Cortex®- R5F processors enabling seamless rebooting.