nova8OS Editions

Choose the Edition for Your Deployment

Every nova8OS edition starts from the same hardened, single-image operating system and includes the nova8-hosted Cloud Platform and support. Protection scales from a hardened foundation to mission-grade active defense.

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Capabilities by edition. Contact nova8 for pricing.

Core:: General-purpose connected edge
Standard:: Commercial edge, IoT, retail, and industrial
Enterprise:: Critical infrastructure and regulated industries
Sovereign:: Federal, defense, and highly sensitive systems

Protection level: Core: Hardened
Standard: Self-defending
Enterprise: Self-defending, managed
Sovereign: Mission-grade
Hardened immutable foundation: Core: Included
Standard: Included
Enterprise: Included
Sovereign: Included
Post-quantum signed updates: Core: Included
Standard: Included
Enterprise: Included
Sovereign: Included
Hardware-bound encrypted data storage: Core: Included
Standard: Included
Enterprise: Included
Sovereign: Included
Persistent and RAM-only operating modes: Core: Included
Standard: Included
Enterprise: Included
Sovereign: Included
Reverse-engineering resistance: Core: Baseline
Standard: Enhanced
Enterprise: Enhanced
Sovereign: Maximum
Active runtime integrity protection: Core: Not included
Standard: Included
Enterprise: Included
Sovereign: Included
Continuous trust verification and automated response: Core: Not included
Standard: Not included
Enterprise: Coming soon
Sovereign: Coming soon
Mission-grade active defense: Core: Not included
Standard: Not included
Enterprise: Not included
Sovereign: Included
FIPS mode: Core: Not included
Standard: Not included
Enterprise: Not included
Sovereign: Included
nova8-hosted Cloud Platform: Core: Included
Standard: Included
Enterprise: Included
Sovereign: Included
Customer-hosted Cloud Platform and License Server: Core: Not included
Standard: Not included
Enterprise: Included
Sovereign: Included

Capability	CoreGeneral-purpose connected edge	StandardCommercial edge, IoT, retail, and industrial	EnterpriseCritical infrastructure and regulated industries	SovereignFederal, defense, and highly sensitive systems
Protection level	Hardened	Self-defending	Self-defending, managed	Mission-grade
Hardened immutable foundation	Included	Included	Included	Included
Post-quantum signed updates	Included	Included	Included	Included
Hardware-bound encrypted data storage	Included	Included	Included	Included
Persistent and RAM-only operating modes	Included	Included	Included	Included
Reverse-engineering resistance	Baseline	Enhanced	Enhanced	Maximum
Active runtime integrity protection	Not included	Included	Included	Included
Continuous trust verification and automated response	Not included	Not included	Coming soon	Coming soon
Mission-grade active defense	Not included	Not included	Not included	Included
FIPS mode	Not included	Not included	Not included	Included
nova8-hosted Cloud Platform	Included	Included	Included	Included
Customer-hosted Cloud Platform and License Server	Not included	Not included	Included	Included

Contact nova8 for pricing and volume terms.
Customer-hosted deployment requires at least 500 annual device licenses per deployment and a one-time, implementation-scoped setup fee. Customers supply and operate the infrastructure.
Evaluations are available under a signed 60-day evaluation agreement.
Capabilities marked Coming soon are in development and are not yet generally available.
FIPS mode uses approved cryptographic controls. No FIPS 140-3 validation is claimed.
Hardware-rooted assurance depends on qualified hardware and firmware. Confirm the exact model before selecting an edition.

Editions

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Capability

CoreGeneral-purpose connected edge

StandardCommercial edge, IoT, retail, and industrial

EnterpriseCritical infrastructure and regulated industries

SovereignFederal, defense, and highly sensitive systems

Protection level

Hardened

Self-defending

Self-defending, managed

Mission-grade

Hardened immutable foundation

Post-quantum signed updates

Hardware-bound encrypted data storage

Persistent and RAM-only operating modes

Reverse-engineering resistance

Baseline

Enhanced

Maximum

Active runtime integrity protection

Continuous trust verification and automated response

Coming soon

Mission-grade active defense

FIPS mode

nova8-hosted Cloud Platform

Customer-hosted Cloud Platform and License Server