WISeKey’s Semiconductors
Subsidiary
SEALSQ,
Announces
First
Demonstrator of its Quantum Resistant
Technology
SEALSQ has successfully built a
demonstrator of its new generation of Quantum Resistant Algorithms
running on one of its Common Criteria EAL5+ Tamper Resistant Secure
Arm Platforms
For more information visit -
https://www.sealsq.com/quantum-proof-cryptography#PQCDemoVideo
GENEVA – February 16, 2023: WISeKey
International Holding Ltd. (“WISeKey”) (SIX: WIHN, NASDAQ: WKEY),
a leading global cybersecurity, AI, Blockchain, and IoT
company, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary SEALSQ
Corp (“SEALSQ”), has successfully built a demonstrator unit running
two NIST selected Post-Quantum Algorithms, a significant milestone
within the implementation of the QUASARS project.
The Post-Quantum engineering team has been able
to carry both Kyber and Dilithium CRYSTAL quantum-resistant NIST
selected algorithms and the appropriate APIs on the MS6003, a
WISeKey Common Criteria EAL5+ Certified secure hardware platform
powered by an ARMSC300 core and featuring an USB interface, thus
creating the first Quantum-Resistant USB Token demonstrator. This
demonstrator marks a substantial milestone for the QUASARS project
and takes the team one step closer to achieving their goal of
building a Post-Quantum Hardware Security Module and
Root-of-Trust.
WISeKey, through SEALSQ, has taken affirmative
steps to implement its QUASARS project. The QUASARS project, is a
radically innovative solution, based upon the new WISeKey Secure
RISC V platform that is paving the way for the Post Quantum
Cryptography era, offering hybrid solutions compliant with ANSSI’s
(“Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information,” the
National Cybersecurity Agency of France) recommendations. Of note,
SEALSQ has received strong support from the French SCS (Secured
Communicating Solutions) Cluster for its QUASARS project.
Carlos Moreira, CEO of WISeKey noted, “Our
cutting-edge QUASARS project is lodged in our Semiconductors
Quantum technology company, SEALSQ, dedicated to advancing the
field of post-quantum computing, making it accessible to a wide
range of industries that are already using our semiconductors, and
it is enabling advances in communications, computing,
healthcare, military systems, transportation, clean energy, and
countless other applications.”
Mr. Moreira continued, “Our team of experts in
Switzerland, France and the United States have been working
tirelessly over the last three years to develop innovative
post-quantum solutions that harness the power of quantum mechanics
to solve complex problems. Our Post-Quantum solutions include
Post-Quantum microchips and devices that can be used in a variety
of applications, from Multi-Factor Authentication devices, Home
Automation, and IT Network Infrastructure, to Automotive,
Industrial Automation and Control Systems.”
Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) refers to
cryptographic methods that are secure against an attack by a
quantum computer. As quantum computers become more powerful, they
may be able to break many of the cryptographic methods that are
currently used to protect sensitive information, such as RSA and
Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC). PQC aims to develop new
cryptographic methods that are secure against quantum attacks.
One example of a Post-Quantum technology is the
lattice-based cryptography, a type of public-key cryptography based
on the hardness of a mathematical problem called the Shortest
Vector Problem (SVP) which is thought to be too difficult for a
quantum computer to solve. Lattice-based cryptography can be used
for tasks such as digital signatures, key exchange, and
encryption.
Another example is code-based cryptography,
which is based on the difficulty of decoding certain algebraic
structures called error-correcting codes. These codes can be used
to create digital signatures, key exchange, and encryption schemes
that are secure against quantum attacks. It is worth noting that
PQC is still in its early stages of development and there is
ongoing research to identify and improve the most promising
post-quantum techniques.
WISeKey is part of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of
Excellence (NCCoE) project, a new secure platform, that will help
define best practices for performing trusted network-layer
onboarding, and aid in the implementation and use of trusted
onboarding solutions for IoT devices at scale.
Additional information on this consortium can be
found
at: http://www.nccoe.nist.gov/projects/trusted-iot-device-network-layer-onboarding-and-lifecycle-management.
For this project, WISeKey is working with NIST
to define recommended practices for performing trusted
network-layer onboarding, which will aid in the implementation and
use of trusted onboarding solutions for IoT devices at scale.
WISeKey’s contributions to the project include
Trust Services for credentials and secure semiconductors.
Specifically, WISeKey will offer INeS Certificate Management
Service (CMS) for issuing credentials, and VaultIC secure
semiconductors to provide tamperproof key storage and cryptographic
acceleration.
Press and investor contacts:
WISeKey
International Holding LtdCompany Contact: Carlos
MoreiraChairman & CEOTel: +41 22 594
3000info@wisekey.com |
WISeKey
Investor Relations (US)Contact: Lena CatiThe Equity
Group Inc.Tel: +1 212
836-9611lcati@equityny.com |
About WISeKeyWISeKey (NASDAQ: WKEY; SIX Swiss
Exchange: WIHN) is a leading global cybersecurity company currently
deploying large scale digital identity ecosystems for people and
objects using Blockchain, AI and IoT respecting the Human as the
Fulcrum of the Internet. WISeKey microprocessors secure the
pervasive computing shaping today’s Internet of Everything. WISeKey
IoT has an install base of over 1.5 billion microchips in virtually
all IoT sectors (connected cars, smart cities, drones, agricultural
sensors, anti-counterfeiting, smart lighting, servers, computers,
mobile phones, crypto tokens etc.). WISeKey is uniquely
positioned to be at the edge of IoT as our semiconductors produce a
huge amount of Big Data that, when analyzed with Artificial
Intelligence (AI), can help industrial applications to predict the
failure of their equipment before it happens.
Our technology is Trusted by the OISTE/WISeKey’s Swiss based
cryptographic Root of Trust (“RoT”) provides secure authentication
and identification, in both physical and virtual environments, for
the Internet of Things, Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence. The
WISeKey RoT serves as a common trust anchor to ensure the integrity
of online transactions among objects and between objects and
people. For more information,
visit www.wisekey.com.
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