Athena and Rambus Cryptography Research Division Announce Solutions to Prevent Advanced Security Threats
TeraFire® Security IP Cores Are Now Shipping with DPA Countermeasures
April 21, 2015
PRESS RELEASE
Gainesville, FL – April 20, 2015 ─ The Athena Group, Inc. (Athena), a leading provider of security, cryptography, anti-tamper, and signal processing IP cores, today introduced a comprehensive portfolio of IP cores with side-channel attack (SCA) countermeasures, based on advanced differential power analysis (DPA) countermeasure approaches pioneered by Rambus Cryptography Research Division (NASDAQ:RMBS). Athena’s robust, innovative DPA countermeasure solutions deliver unprecedented tamper-resistance across a broad range of standards and performance levels for embedded applications ranging from defense to the Internet of Things (IoT).
Athena’s sophisticated DPA countermeasures are available immediately across the entire TeraFire® product line. TeraFire DPA-resistant IP cores include dedicated AES, SHA, and RNG cryptography cores as well as the embedded F5200B security microprocessor with full support for government-recommended Suite B - public key (PK), elliptic curve cryptography (ECC), AES, SHA, and RNG. These silicon-proven cores are validated to resist SCA/DPA attacks up to 1 billion traces and can be optimized for size, speed, and security level based on customer requirements. For the first time, a full set of off-the-shelf and custom IP core solutions are available for ASIC targets as well as FPGA devices from Microsemi, Altera, and Xilinx.
“DPA countermeasure solutions are critical to any tamper-resistant system,” said Michael Mehlberg, Senior Director of Business Development for Defense Solutions of the Rambus Cryptography Research division. “Until now, the difficulty and expense of producing quality DPA resistant designs has limited broad availability of robust solutions against side-channel attacks. As a long-term partner, Athena has developed a portfolio of implementations and has performed test and validation using our DPA Workstation. This combination makes them uniquely qualified to deliver proven solutions against side-channel attacks to our mutual customers.”