The security chips protect data across industries, enhancing confidentiality and integrity without sacrificing efficiency or functionality.
Securing key provisioning is crucial for protecting sensitive keys from tampering with third parties and malicious attacks. It is essential in consumer, industrial, data centre, and medical applications, where secure key storage is necessary. However, developing and documenting secure key provisioning processes can be complex and expensive. To make secure key provisioning more accessible and to facilitate faster prototyping, Microchip Technology has expanded its TrustFLEX portfolio to include the ECC204, SHA104, and SHA105 CryptoAuthentication ICs. These ICs are hardware-based, secure storage devices that safeguard secret keys from unauthorised access.
These ICs are used in sectors such as consumer electronics, where they secure data transactions and firmware; industrial systems, for machine and equipment security; data centres, for data integrity and confidentiality; and medical applications, to protect patient data and equipment. They are also used in battery-powered and disposable devices, providing security solutions that do not compromise battery life.
The ECC20x and SHA10x devices fulfil the Common Criteria Joint Interpretation Library (JIL) High-rated secure key storage standards and are certified by the NIST Entropy Source Validation (ESV) and Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program (CAVP), adhering to the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS). These secure IC families are crafted to provide trusted authentication, ensuring data and communications’ confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity across a broad spectrum of systems and applications.
Microchip’s CryptoAuthentication ICs are compact, energy-efficient devices compatible with any microprocessors (MPUs) or microcontrollers (MCUs). They offer versatile security solutions for industrial and medical devices, battery-powered equipment, and disposable equipment. Notably, the ECC204 is recognized by the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) as a Qi-approved authentication Secure Storage Subsystem (SSS).
“Adding the ECC20x and SHA10x pre-configured devices to our TrustFLEX platform will facilitate leveraging Microchip’s secure provisioning services for a broader set of applications,” Nuri Dagdeviren, corporate vice president of Microchip’s secure computing group. “With this platform expansion, Microchip is continuing to strengthen its portfolio, making security authentication ICs more accessible and more specifically optimised for high-volume, cost-sensitive applications.”
