Cryptography Research and Entropic Sign License Agreement for DPA Countermeasures to Secure Next Generation Content
July 23 2014 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
Security technology fully protects set-top box
SoCs from non-invasive side channel attacks
Cryptography Research, the security division of Rambus
(NASDAQ:RMBS), and Entropic (NASDAQ:ENTR), a world leader in
semiconductor solutions for the connected home, today announced
they have signed a patent license agreement allowing for the use of
the Cryptography Research side-channel attack countermeasures in
Entropic’s integrated circuits. The Cryptography Research
patented technology will protect Entropic’s set-top box
system-on-a-chip (SoC) products against differential power analysis
(DPA) and related attacks. This agreement builds on the
previous agreement between the two companies with Entropic already
licensing the Cryptography Research CryptoFirewall™
tamper-resistant core for set-top boxes.
“While high value content enhances the Pay-TV experience, it
also carries with it substantial risk for our OEM and Service
Provider customers,” said Matt Rhodes, senior vice president,
Global Marketing, Entropic. “Today’s premium programming requires
strong protection systems and CRI’s DPA countermeasure technology
provides an essential foundation for any Conditional Access or
Digital Rights Management system.”
“The market demands for protection against non-invasive side
channel attacks such as DPA have grown with the continued rise of
high quality content,” said Paul Kocher, chief scientist of the
Rambus Cryptography Research division. “Entropic has been a
terrific partner for our CryptoFirewall technology and is once
again taking a leadership role in deploying strong content
protection technology in the set-top box SoC market.”
Using DPA, attackers can measure the power consumption of a
set-top box chip to extract secret cryptographic keys stored within
the set-top box. The discovery of secret keys undermines the
security of set-top boxes within a service provider’s network and
can result in the theft of valuable, high-quality content and
services as well as leaving other data like personal information
vulnerable. Set-top box SoCs that contain DPA countermeasures
prevent the power consumption analysis through a series of
techniques to ultimately protect the secret keys of a set-top box
from being discovered.
Side channel and DPA attacks are non-invasive attacks that
involve monitoring the fluctuating electrical power consumption of
a target device and then using advanced statistical methods to
derive cryptographic keys and other secrets. Strong countermeasures
to these attacks help protect tamper-resistant products used in
applications such as banking, pay television, mass transit, secure
ID, and wireless telecommunications.
For additional information on DPA Countermeasures,
CryptoFirewall or on Cryptography Research visit
cryptography.com.
About Entropic
Entropic™ (Nasdaq:ENTR) is a world leader in semiconductor
solutions for the connected home. The Company transforms how
traditional HDTV broadcast and IP-based streaming video content is
seamlessly, reliably, and securely delivered, processed, and
distributed into and throughout the
home. Entropic's next-generation Set-top Box (STB)
System-on-a-Chip (SoC) and Connectivity solutions enable Pay-TV
operators to offer consumers more captivating whole-home
entertainment experiences by transforming the way digital
entertainment is delivered, connected and consumed – in the home
and on the go. For more information, please visit Entropic at:
www.entropic.com, read our blog Entropic Topics, or get social with
us at @Entropic_News, or on Facebook, Google+, YouTube and
LinkedIn.
About Cryptography Research, Inc.
Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI), a division of Rambus Inc., is
a leader in semiconductor security research and development.
Established by internationally renowned cryptographer Paul Kocher,
CRI develops and licenses innovative technologies in areas
including tamper resistance, content protection,
anti-counterfeiting, network security, and financial services. Over
seven billion security products are made each year under license
from CRI. Security systems designed by CRI scientists and engineers
protect hundreds of billions of dollars in commerce annually.
Additional information is available at: cryptography.com.
Forward Looking Statements
Statements in this press release that are not strictly
historical in nature constitute "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements
regarding Entropic's SoC technologies, its related prospects and
its role in the future of connected home entertainment. Such
forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors, which may cause Entropic's actual
results to be materially different from historical results or from
any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. These factors include, but are not limited to,
competition, risks associated with Entropic dependence on a limited
number of customers and suppliers, technology risks, the risk that
the market for HD video and multimedia content delivery solutions
may not develop as Entropic anticipates and other factors discussed
in the "Risk Factors" section of Entropic's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014. All forward-looking
statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary
statement. Entropic is providing this information as of the date of
this release and does not undertake any obligation to update any
forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise.
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