Collaboration to deliver complete hardware/software Root of Trust solution

"By collaborating with Synopsys, we are giving both the semiconductor industry and governments the cryptography platform they are demanding, with the level of data protection required in a changing security landscape," said Claire Trimble, chief marketing officer at InfoSec Global. "We are enabling a hardware-secured Root of Trust at every stage of the industrial ecosystem to help developers secure their high-value IoT environments."

To build a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE), the industrial IoT supply chain is using platforms comprising various security IP components that must be integrated during system development using fixed encryption schemes. These implementations limit the ability to securely update a system to address evolving threats. Jointly, InfoSec Global and Synopsys enable designers to build a TEE by providing a complete hardware secure module with Root of Trust and flexible encryption capabilities to protect devices against future threats and vulnerabilities in the field.

InfoSec Global's Agile Crypto Platform enables real-time updates to standard and custom cryptography on chipsets in the field. The combination of InfoSec Global's cryptography and Synopsys' tRoot Hardware Secure Module with Root of Trust enables designers to create secure channels for remote device management and service deployment for connected devices. The advanced hardware/software solution addresses complex threats by protecting the device and its data at boot time, run time and during the communications with other devices or the cloud. The Root of Trust establishes a known-good secure area to build a TEE so it can securely authenticate, encrypt critical security functions such as measuring and verifying software, as well as protect crypto keys and device verification throughout all the layers. The integrated solution supports dynamic, in-field upgrades to the cryptography for the entire ecosystem.

"With the number of security vulnerabilities rapidly growing in connected IoT devices, there is an increased need for hardware Root of Trust implementations," said John Koeter, vice president of marketing for IP at Synopsys. "The collaboration between Synopsys and InfoSec Global provides agile encryption capabilities in a secure Root of Trust hardware module to help designers quickly make in-field updates to their devices with minimal effort."