Neat has a brilliant, reliable, and secure Android operating system to help you guard against falling victim to mismanaged file sharing, screen sharing, recording, or other potential unauthorized access or leaks of sensitive information.

The security of our devices isn’t just a priority; it’s the top priority!

All Neat devices run on Neat OS, based on the Android Open-Source Project (AOSP). Neat OS is a hardened and secure operating system designed to support multiple audio and video collaboration applications and ensure a reliable and consistent Zoom or Microsoft Teams meeting experience.

Neat OS employs a multi-layered security approach to safeguard your privacy and system integrity. It includes a hardware-backed secure boot and verified boot for a tamper-proof startup, user data encryption to protect sensitive information, anti-rollback protection to prevent downgrades to vulnerable software, and a hardware-backed keystore for secure storage of cryptographic keys.

SELinux, a robust mandatory access control (MAC), also adds another layer of security by defining detailed access rules, effectively sandboxing processes, and limiting what system resources they can access.

Developing Neat OS for optimized performance and security

Our highly skilled R&D hardware and software engineers continue to develop Neat OS closely to encompass compatibility, functionality, reliability, and security for our embedded system appliances in any environment. That includes securing our over-the-air (OTA) updates, so you install the correct apps and nothing else.

We also Pen Test (a security exercise where a cyber-security expert attempts to find and exploit vulnerabilities in a computer system) our devices on a regular basis. Additionally, we perform white-box and black-box testing and collaborate with customers based on their test results and feedback (a black-box test is where testers have no prior knowledge of the system. They approach testing as an external attacker would, without access to internal information. A white-box test is where testers fully know the system, including architecture diagrams, source code, and documentation).

The journey towards Neat OS upgrading to Android 13

Starting with Android 8.1 and progressing to Android 10, Neat remains committed to upgrading our Neat OS to future Android versions. Our Neat Center companion device is the first to incorporate Android 13, and this September, our Neat Bar Generation 2, Neat Bar Pro, Neat Pad, Neat Board 50, Neat Board Pro, and Neat Frame devices will also operate on Android 13 and harness its advancements in our regular software releases.

By moving to newer Android versions, we’re utilizing advancements in the underlying Linux kernel, future-proofing our devices and making them capable of receiving security updates for longer. This future-proofing also helps give our devices a lengthier shelf life and is, therefore, more sustainable.

Furthermore, with the introduction of our Neat Pulse management platform in 2023, Neat now offers even more robust security and scalability via our Neat Pulse-controlled software updates. These updates give you greater visibility into your Neat devices and ensure they’re up to date with the latest firmware, including security updates.

Investigating Microsoft’s Device Ecosystem Platform (MDEP)

To Neat’s Microsoft Teams customers who have asked about our views on Microsoft’s Device Ecosystem Platform (MDEP), another Android OS built on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), we want you to know that we’re investigating it. Microsoft designed MDEP to enhance device security and manageability, as we’ve done with Neat OS.

Moving ahead, we’ll continue to examine the long-term prospects of Microsoft’s MDEP solution and how that conforms with Neat Pulse and our portfolio of Neat devices. We’ll also continue to have detailed discussions with MDEP’s leadership and development team to understand how it could be suitable for Neat devices. For now, you can be confident that we’ve designed our devices in a way that helps solve your meeting challenges today and tomorrow.

Discover Neat’s pioneering video devices or see them in action in our live Virtual Demo – Neat Devices and Experiences. Better yet, book a demo and experience them first-hand.

Additionally, if you’re attending the world-renowned annual tech show Integrated Systems Europe in Barcelona between February 4 and 7, visit us at Booth #2U700, Hall 2. Registration code: NZ3VRG6R.