Rambus Cryptography Research Division Enters Agreement with Microsemi to Resell Advanced Security Technologies to Penetrate O...
January 29 2015 - 4:30PM
Business Wire
DPA resistant products, technologies, and
services available to help combat threats in highly-sensitive
markets
Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) today announced that Microsemi
Corporation (NASDAQ:MSCC) will serve as reseller for certain
differential power analysis (DPA) technologies developed by its
Cryptography Research division. This reseller agreement includes
the DPA WorkStation™ and the recently-announced DPA Resistant AES
cryptographic cores that offer chipmakers an easy-to-integrate
solution to protect against side-channel attack vulnerabilities.
Microsemi will focus its reseller efforts on the government and
military sectors.
The agreement also enables Microsemi to conduct training classes
to help customers evaluate their vulnerability to DPA and related
side-channel attacks, helping chip purchasers and downstream
customers identify devices with the most effective security. As the
first major FPGA company to license DPA countermeasures, Microsemi
has identified DPA as a significant vulnerability in chip security,
specifically for the mission-critical applications found in
government and military settings.
“The threat of side-channel attacks, particularly DPA, is very
real in the military and government space,” said Greg Ellis, vice
president and product line manager at Microsemi. “Acting as a
trusted partner that can offer training, testing and IP core
products around DPA provides Microsemi with a substantial security
differentiation while also assuring the rigorous security
requirements of our government and military customers are being
met.”
Microsemi’s newest generation of SmartFusion®2 SoC FPGA and
IGLOO2® FPGA programmable devices are the industry’s most secure,
boasting four key elements needed for secure programmable
devices—secure hardware, design security, data security and being
built through a secure supply chain management system. The
Cryptography Research DPA Workstation and associated testing
services complement these FPGAs from Microsemi, as well as the
company’s existing portfolio of cryptography, anti-tamper and
anti-reverse engineering IP products, including WhiteboxCRYPTO™,
CodeSEAL™ and EnforcIT®.
“The relationship with Microsemi is important and we look
forward to seeing our relationship continue to grow, benefitting
government and military customers with expanded access to a full
range of DPA-resistant solutions,” said Paul Kocher, president and
chief scientist of the Rambus Cryptography Research division. “As
more and more embedded systems contain high value and sensitive
information, the threat of side-channel attacks will continue,
making it imperative to have a partner like Microsemi delivering
much needed products, tools and services to the market.”
Side channel and DPA attacks 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 a variety of applications outside
of government and military verticals, such as banking, pay
television, mass transit, secure ID, and wireless
telecommunications.
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About Cryptography Research
The Rambus Cryptography Research division specializes in
embedded security solutions to combat the worldwide threat to data
integrity, our innovative technologies span areas including tamper
resistance, content protection, network security, media and payment
and transaction services. Eight billion security products are made
annually with our security technology, and systems designed by our
scientists and engineers protect hundreds of billions of dollars in
revenues every year. Additional information is available
at cryptography.com.
About Rambus Inc.
Rambus brings invention to market. Our customizable IP cores,
architecture licenses, tools, services, and training improve the
competitive advantage of our customer’s products while accelerating
their time-to-market. Rambus products and innovations capture,
secure and move data. For more information, visit rambus.com.
About Microsemi
Microsemi Corporation (NASDAQ:MSCC) offers a comprehensive
portfolio of semiconductor and system solutions for communications,
defense & security, aerospace and industrial markets. Products
include high-performance and radiation-hardened analog mixed-signal
integrated circuits, FPGAs, SoCs and ASICs; power management
products; timing and synchronization devices and precise time
solutions, setting the world’s standard for time; voice processing
devices; RF solutions; discrete components; security technologies
and scalable anti-tamper products; Power-over-Ethernet ICs and
midspans; as well as custom design capabilities and services.
Microsemi is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, Calif., and has
approximately 3,400 employees globally. Learn more at
microsemi.com.
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Reform Act of 1995: Any statements set forth in this news release
that are not entirely historical and factual in nature, including
without limitation statements related to Microsemi being certified
as the first U.S.-based, accredited testing lab for the
Differential Power Analysis Countermeasure Validation Program and
Microsemi being licensed to conduct independent side channel
evaluations, conduct training classes and serve as reseller for the
Cryptography Research DPA WorkStation and DPA Resistant Cores, and
its potential effects on future business, are forward-looking
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MSLGROUPSam Katzen, 415-512-0770rambus@mslgroup.comorMicrosemi
CorporationRichard Round, 949-380-6135Sr. Manager, Marketing
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