Secure boot

Secure boot is the baseline for fielded edge AI: every stage from power-on through payload execution must prove integrity before a mission asset runs inference, navigation, or comms software. Programs evaluating secure boot for NVIDIA Jetson often compare Canonical Ubuntu, NVIDIA reference flows, RidgeRun, TrainSec, and e-con Systems—but production autonomy needs more than a demo chain. GWOS is a hardened Linux distribution for Jetson with immutable rootfs, A/B partitions, signed OTA, and attested boot aligned to how defense integrators actually ship.

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    ┌──────────────────────────────────┐
    │  JETSON ORIN / NX / NANO         │
    │  ┌────────────┐  ┌────────────┐  │
    │  │ GWOS KERNEL│  │ CUDA 12.x  │  │
    │  └────┬───────┘  └─────┬──────┘  │
    │       │  signed OTA    │         │
    │  ┌────▼────────────────▼──────┐  │
    │  │  IMMUTABLE ROOTFS · A/B    │  │
    │  └────────────┬───────────────┘  │
    │    attested boot · SBOM  · TPM   │
    └──────────────┬───────────────────┘
                   │
          [ FIELDED_DEVICES: ███ ]

$ gwos image build --target thor --profile autonomy

$ → sbom.cdx.json written · 1,482 components

$ → signature: 0x7a3f..e901 · verified

$ gwos ota push --wave 1 --canary 3 --rollback auto

$ [ DEPLOYED: 3/3 · HEALTHY ]

What secure boot must cover on Jetson

A credible secure boot story spans the bootloader, kernel, device tree, and root filesystem—not just a one-time flash script. GWOS pins NVIDIA JetPack components with kernel-locked CUDA and TensorRT versions so attestation and rollback stay meaningful after the first OTA.

[ OK ]Verified boot chain from power-on through rootfs mount
[ OK ]TPM-backed device identity and SBOM per image
[ OK ]Atomic rollback when attestation or health checks fail
[ OK ]Signed OTA over low-bandwidth, DDIL links

Built for production, not developer kits

Reference secure boot flows help you prototype. GWOS is purpose-built to run AI workloads in production on Jetson Orin, NX, and Nano—where kernel drift, unsigned updates, and CUDA breakage kill programs before they reach field test.

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