Jun 25, 2025
Civil Infrastructure Platform Mini Summit 2025
We are pleased to announce that the Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) will once again hold the CIP Mini Summit (Open TSC Meeting) alongside Open Source Summit Europe 2025. Event Details Date: Thursday, August 28, 2025, 13:30–17:00 (Local Time) Venue: RAI Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Registration Fee: $10 (select as an add-on… Read more.
May 26, 2025
CIP is now supporting five SLTS kernels
With the first release of a 6.12-based CIP kernel, the Civil Infrastructure Platform project extends its commitment to provide super long-term supported (SLTS) kernels to the fifth series. The new 6.12-cip support was set up to run until mid of 2035. Combined with the other four SLTS kernels, 4.4-cip, 4.19-cip,… Read more.
Jan 13, 2025
Kernel 6.12 will have 10 years support via CIP – Are all your maintenance problems solved?
Author: Jan Kiszka, CIP Kernel Team Chair, Siemens We, the Civil Infrastructure Platform project, have just announced to select the new 6.12 kernel as our 5th SLTS (super long-term stable) kernel. This means that — after 4.4, 4.19, 5.10 and 6.1 — 6.12 will also receive up to 10 years… Read more.
Aug 27, 2024
Enhancing Cyber Resilience with CIP
The CIP Project is at the forefront of developing secure and robust systems for civil infrastructure. This webinar will explore the crucial relationship between CIP and Cyber Resilience, highlighting how CIP contributes to creating critical infrastructures. Learn about: CIP’s role in building secure systems CIP’s approach to implementing ongoing security… Read more.
Aug 11, 2022
CIP Core supports Debian 11-based reference images
Author: Kazuhiro Hayashi, CIP Core Team Chair, Toshiba The Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) project has five Working Groups - Security, Kernel, Testing, Software Update and CIP Core. The CIP Core Working Group , which was launched in 2019, is responsible for developing, testing and maintaining tools to generate CIP Core… Read more.
Apr 4, 2022
CIP Expands Work on SLTS Kernel Maintenance
The Civil Infrastructure Platform project (cip-project.org) - released the first 5.10-based version of its super-long-term stable (SLTS) kernel. The 5.10-based release made official the third CIP kernel series available after 4.4-cip and 4.19-cip. It demonstrates how CIP remains committed to maintaining all SLTS versions for a minimum of 10 years… Read more.
Aug 18, 2021
VES LLC Joins CIP as a Silver Member
Leader in custom Government off the Shelf (GOTS) infrastructure solutions becomes the newest member of Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) Today, the Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) welcomes VES LLC as its newest member. VES is a small business Headquartered out of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland with a focus on solving the… Read more.
Jun 9, 2021
Welcome IoT.bzh as a CIP Member
Today, CIP is thrilled to welcome IoT.bzh as the newest member of the project. The Civil Infrastructure Platform strives to create an open source “base layer” of industrial-grade software to enable the use and implementation of software building blocks in civil infrastructure projects. Embedded systems are key to the civil… Read more.
Feb 10, 2021
CIP Testing Working Group
Today, the Civil Infrastructure Platform has multiple requirements that need to be maintained. This is where the CIP Testing Work Group (TWG) comes in. The TWG configures and manages the automated test infrastructure for the CIP project and ensures all systems are operating correctly. Currently led by Chris Paterson (patersonc),… Read more.
Dec 2, 2020
CIP to Embark on Kernel 5.10 Development for SLTS
Starting early next year Civil Infrastructure Platform will start development for the next major super long-term support (SLTS) kernel version based on upstream kernel 5.10. This will be the third SLTS kernel maintained by CIP for the extended time frame of 10 years. The SLTS kernels differentiate from regular LTS… Read more.
Oct 19, 2020
CIP at Open Source Summit Europe 2020
The Civil Infrastructure Platform is excited to participate in this year’s Open Source Summit EU/ Embedded Linux Conference EU! The Open Source Summit series always provides unique opportunities to learn and connect, even when we can’t be in the same space together. We are looking forward to this year and… Read more.
Aug 17, 2020
CIP Kernel Team: Helping CIP Sustain Industrial Grade Systems
The Civil Infrastructure Platform has several work groups that ensure things keep running. Below is a Q and A with the CIP Kernel Team. 1. What is CIP Kernel Team (What does this team work on, what issues does it solve) While the CIP project aims to establish an open… Read more.
Jun 28, 2020
CIP at Open Source Summit North America 2020
Session Highlight: CIP Installed: Sustainable Software Stacks in Long-living Products Civil Infrastructure Platform is excited to participate in the Linux Foundations’ OpenSource Summit North America Event. We are showing up in a variety of ways, as a sponsor, with several sessions and hosting the CIP Mini-Summit. On June 29 from… Read more.
Jun 27, 2020
Open Source Summit North America 2020
Session Highlight: Secure Boot and Over-the-Air Updates - That's Simple, No? The Civil Infrastructure Platform is thrilled to be sponsoring the Linux Foundations’ OpenSource Summit North America Event. In addition to having a virtual booth, CIP reps will be giving several talks as well as hosting the CIP Mini-Summit. On… Read more.
Jun 26, 2020
CIP at Open Source Summit + ELC North America 2020
Session Highlight: CIP Kernel Team Activities to Accomplish Super Long Term Support At the end of June, CIP will be participating in many ways at the Linux Foundations’ OpenSource Summit + ELC North America Event. In addition to having a virtual booth, CIP reps will be giving several talks as… Read more.
Jun 25, 2020
CIP at Open Source Summit North America: Session Preview
On June 29- July 2 the Linux Foundation is hosting Open Source Summit North America. Open Source Summit is a virtual event that connects the open source ecosystem under one roof. It’s a unique environment for cross-collaboration between developers, sysadmins, devops, architects and others who are driving technology forward. bringing… Read more.
Nov 13, 2019
Civil Infrastructure Platform: The Project at Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference Europe
The CIP Project has had an eventful week at the Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit Europe and Embedded Linux Conference in Lyon, France. In addition to the project’s interactive booth, complete with live demos, the project also had a slew of informative and well-attended talks and hosted a completely sold… Read more.
Sep 9, 2019
Civil Infrastructure Platform to Host Mini-Summit at Open Source Summit Europe
This October, the Civil Infrastructure Platform will be hosting a half-day Mini-Summit, colocated with the Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit Europe (OSSEU), taking place in Lyon, France. The CIP Mini-Summit is a half-day, single-track event covering Linux-based industrial open source systems. The event takes place on October 31st from 8:00… Read more.
Jul 12, 2019
CIP is focused on IEC 62443 for cyber security measures of IACS
By Kento Yoshida, CIP security working group member and Senior staff engineer of MPU Product Department, Enterprise Infrastructure Business Division at Renesas Electronics Corporation The threat of cyber-attacks is growing. With the evolution of IoT, the targets of cyber-attacks are changing from information assets to Industrial Automation and Control System… Read more.
Oct 23, 2018
Renesas RZ/G2M-96CE board adopted as Arm64 reference board for the next CIP SLTS Kernel
Today, the Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) Project is debuting the Renesas RZ/G2M-96CE board, based on the Arm 64-bit architecture, at Embedded Linux Conference. It is the first-ever using Arm 64-bit architecture that the CIP project will support. The CIP project aims to support the reference hardware in the project’s Super… Read more.
Aug 20, 2018
CIP Member Spotlight: Cybertrust
The Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) project aims to speed implementation of Linux-based civil infrastructure systems, build upon existing open source foundations and expertise, establish de facto standards by providing a base layer reference implementation, and contribute to and influence upstream projects regarding industrial needs. CIP is driven by some of… Read more.
Jul 12, 2018
Key Learnings at OSS Japan
Written by Yoshitake Kobayashi, Chair of the CIP TSC and Senior Manager of Open Source Technology Department at Toshiba On June 20-22, more than 1,000 technologists and open source industry leaders attended Open Source Summit Japan and Automotive Linux Summit 2018 in Tokyo. The attendees came from organizations both big and small… Read more.
Jun 29, 2018
CIP Member Spotlight: Hitachi
The Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) project aims to speed implementation of Linux-based civil infrastructure systems, build upon existing open source foundations and expertise, establish de facto standards by providing a base layer reference implementation, and contribute to and influence upstream projects regarding industrial needs. CIP is driven by some of… Read more.
Jun 11, 2018
CIP Member Codethink Reveals Technical Report Card
CIP’s mission is to extend the life of industrial systems and solutions by up to 10 years. To do this, a lot of testing, testing and more testing has to happen! Codethink helps lead CIP’s Technical Steering Committee and plays an integral role in the technical community. As such, Codethink… Read more.
May 30, 2018
CIP Member Spotlight: Moxa
The Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) project aims to speed implementation of Linux-based civil infrastructure systems, build upon existing open source foundations and expertise, establish de facto standards by providing a base layer reference implementation, and contribute to and influence upstream projects regarding industrial needs. CIP is driven by some of… Read more.
May 21, 2018
Join CIP at Open Source Summit Japan!
Register now for Open Source Summit Japan. Click here. Next month, more than 1,000 open source enthusiasts, developers and influencers will visit Tokyo for The Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit - Japan. Open Source Summit Japan is the leading conference connecting the open source ecosystem under one roof, providing a… Read more.
Apr 26, 2018
CIP Member Spotlight: Plat’Home
The Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) project aims to speed implementation of Linux-based civil infrastructure systems, build upon existing open source foundations and expertise, establish de facto standards by providing a base layer reference implementation, and contribute to and influence upstream projects regarding industrial needs. CIP is driven by some of… Read more.
Apr 4, 2018
CIP on display at ELC-NA
Last month, CIP participated in The Linux Foundation’s Embedded Linux Conference + OpenIoT Summit North America in Portland, Oregon. Around 730 embedded and IoT technologists from 360 companies and 31 countries around the globe attended the event to collaborate with experts on a wide range of topics of embedded Linux… Read more.
Mar 20, 2018
CIP Member Spotlight: Codethink
The Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) project aims to speed implementation of Linux-based civil infrastructure systems, build upon existing open source foundations and expertise, establish de facto standards by providing a base layer reference implementation, and contribute to and influence upstream projects regarding industrial needs. CIP is driven by some of… Read more.
Mar 8, 2018
Real-time patchset for the CIP Kernel
By Daniel Wagner, CIP member and kernel maintainer and Embedded Linux Developer at Siemens AG CIP aims to establish a “base layer” of industrial-grade tooling using the Linux kernel and other open source projects. This base layer will be available for use by developers creating software building blocks that meet… Read more.
Jan 9, 2018
CIP Member Spotlight: Siemens
The Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) aims to speed implementation of Linux-based civil infrastructure systems, build upon existing open source foundations and expertise, establish de facto standards by providing a base layer reference implementation, and contribute to and influence upstream projects regarding industrial needs. CIP is driven by some of the… Read more.
Dec 22, 2017
When Nature strikes in 2018, CIP has your back
Natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires and floods have devastating effects on communities across our country. This year alone, we had back-to-back Hurricanes with Harvey, Irma and Maria and it took many months for the affected areas to begin rebuilding their electricity, water and waste management, communication and transportation… Read more.
Nov 2, 2017
CIP Member Spotlight: Renesas
The Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) project aims to speed implementation of Linux-based civil infrastructure systems, build upon existing open source foundations and expertise, establish de facto standards by providing a base layer reference implementation, and contribute to and influence upstream projects regarding industrial needs. CIP is driven by some of… Read more.
Oct 23, 2017
CIP Launches CIP Core
Author: Daniel Sangorrin, CIP TSC member Today, at Embedded Linux Conference Europe, the CIP Project announced the new CIP Core. The CIP Core project aims to provide minimal reference file system images and SDK’s to test and demonstrate the use of the CIP kernel and the CIP Core packages, a… Read more.
Oct 18, 2017
CIP Launches B@D v1.0
The Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) project, hosted by The Linux Foundation, announces the publication of a new version of Board At Desk v1.0, a customized and easy to deploy instance of the kernelci and LAVA projects that should allow developers to test Linux kernels on boards connected to their own… Read more.
Oct 15, 2017
Join CIP at Embedded Linux Conference Europe
Are you planning on going to the Embedded Linux Conference Europe? ELCE, located in Prague, Czech Republic from October 23-25, 2017, is the premier technical conference for companies and developers using Linux in embedded products. Traditionally, ELCE has had one the largest collection of sessions dedicated exclusively to embedded Linux… Read more.
Sep 25, 2017
CIP Member Spotlight: Toshiba
Civil infrastructure systems are the core of our daily lives. These technical systems deliver essential services such as electric power generation, transportation, water and waste management, healthcare and communication. The Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) project, hosted by The Linux Foundation, aims to establish a base layer of industrial grade open… Read more.
Aug 21, 2017
Debian developers from all over the world attended DebConf 2017 to collaborate, learn and showcase projects
Stick a fork in it – DebConf 2017 is officially done! The 18th annual conference, which was located in Montreal on August 6-12, had more than 400 Debian contributors and users from all over the world collaborate, learn and showcase projects. Several meetups popped up during the conference and was… Read more.
Aug 1, 2017
The CIP Project will be at DebConf 2017 in August!
Members of the Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) will be attending and presenting at the 18th annual DebConf on August 6-12 in Montreal, Canada. DebConf is the annual conference for Debian contributors and users interested in improving Debian. Previous Debian conferences have featured speakers and attendees from all around the world.… Read more.
Jun 7, 2017
Event Report: Open Source Summit Japan 2017
Last week, the Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) Project participated in Open Source Summit Japan hosted by The Linux Foundation (LF) as a Silver level sponsor. The following article is a short recap about what we learned and accomplished during these 3 days of the conference. Open Source Summit Japan? Before going… Read more.
Jun 1, 2017
Board At Desk (B@D) and forthcoming challenges
B@D released on May 31st During ELC 2017, CIP project members introduced the beta version of what is being called Board At Desk - Single Developer (B@D), an effort by the CIP testing team to integrate LAVAv2 and KernelCI into a Debian-based virtual machine allowing Kernel hackers and maintainers… Read more.
May 31, 2017
Civil Infrastructure Project – Year One Update + Whitepaper Release
We’ve launched the Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) project just over a year ago, and since then, we have made a lot of progress in making Linux usable in industrial grade environments such as power plants, railway systems, and so on. The followings outlines the achievements since the inception of the… Read more.
Mar 27, 2017
[Member Blog] Why Codethink is a founding member of the Civil Infrastructure Platform, a Linux Foundation initiative
by Agustin Benito Bethencourt, Codethink On April 4th 2016 a new Linux Foundation initiative called the Civil Infrastructure Platform was announced. CIP aims to share efforts around building a Linux-based commodity platform for industrial grade products that need to be maintained for anything between 25 and 50 years - in… Read more.
Oct 13, 2016
Civil Infrastructure Platform Announces First Super Long Term Support Kernel at Embedded Linux Conference Europe
Today in Berlin, the members of Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) made available the details of the first release of the open source project’s super long term support (SLTS) kernel. Development will begin shortly on SLTS kernel version 4.4. Until the announcement of the next version of the SLTS kernel, which… Read more.
Aug 24, 2016
Ben Hutchings becomes first maintainer for Civil Infrastructure Platform’s super long term support base layer
The Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) aims to establish a “base layer” of industrial-grade software using the Linux kernel and other open source projects. This base layer will be available for use by developers creating software building blocks that meet safety, security, reliability and other requirements that are critical to industrial… Read more.