Farnell signs Zymbit

This new franchise provides customers with access to Zymbit’s  ZYMKEY 4i security module which delivers professional grade security to the Raspberry Pi family of single board computers.

The ZYMKEY 4i offers a unique plug-in security solution to developers looking to protect data, credentials and intellectual property contained in IoT products that are deployed in the wild, beyond the security of firewalls and physical infrastructure.

Zymbit products are easy to integrate, making them suitable for security-responsible customers of all sizes. Current applications include the monitoring of oil-pipelines and industrial machinery, smart energy grids, digital forensics appliances, ECU flashing systems, physical access control points and signing of immutable sensor data.

“As the leading distributor of the Raspberry Pi, we are seeing a growing amount of customers purchasing the product for professional applications,” says Farnell’scPetecWenzel, “the Zymbit ZYMKEY 4i is an important addition to our product range, offering a unique plug-in security module for the Raspberry Pi and enabling customers to secure single board computers used within their professional applications from cyber and physical threats.”