IoT Security
On the Path to a Secure Boot Solution for RISC-V
As the RISC-V ISA gains in popularity and more industries proceed with plans to build and deploy systems based on RISC-V technologies, the security requirements of those systems will grow. One avenue that hackers have used to exploit systems has been to modify the firmware and cause it to misbehave. For example, one of the…
Read MoreNIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Project and SecureRF
Quantum computing is moving from theory to reality. MIT and commercial entities including IBM, Microsoft, and Google have already delivered elementary quantum computing platforms. When large-enough quantum computers are built, known algorithms will be able to weaken or break most of the public-key methods now in use. Concerns over the security threat this represents are…
Read MoreBloomberg: Most Connected Devices are Easy to Hack. This Company Says it Can Fix That.
Most smart, connected devices are often easy to hack because they have low-power, low-resource processors, making current methods of security impractical or impossible. As a result, these devices, and the networks they are connected to, are vulnerable to attack. SecureRF has an answer–its solutions are aimed specifically at protecting the low-power processors that run internet-connected appliances and other…
Read MoreSecureRF to Showcase Future-Proof Security Solutions for Low-Resource Processors at Embedded World 2018
IoT developers looking for quantum-resistant authentication and data protection solutions for their embedded devices and processors will find the smallest and fastest solutions from SecureRF on display at Embedded World 2018. We will be giving live demonstrations of their methods that are more than 90 times faster than ECC daily on the show floor. The…
Read MoreIoT Security News: Attacks, Encryption and WAP3
The new year kicked off with major security-related news. On January 3, we learned that billions of CPUs are vulnerable to the Meltdown and Spectre side-channel attacks, which can be used to access sensitive data, including passwords, cryptography keys, and files. Since then, chip makers and cloud service providers have been scrambling to develop and…
Read MoreAn Update on Spectre and Meltdown
Computer owners, beware! In early January, we learned about two massive security flaws in most of the CPUs used in computers built during the past two decades. Attackers can use the flaws, named Spectre and Meltdown, to access sensitive data stored in a computer chip, including passwords and files. During the past several weeks, the…
Read MoreInterview: Louis Parks on “Securing Our Future” with Peggy Smedley
Louis Parks (CEO, SecureRF) recently appeared on The Peggy Smedley Show podcast (Episode 545). In a segment titled “Securing Our Future,” Parks covered the history of public-key security, the importance of securing low-resource processors, and SecureRF’s future-proof authentication and data protection solutions for 8-, 16-, and 32-bit processors. Parks also explained the threat quantum computers pose…
Read MoreSecureRF Solutions Named “Best Technology” for 2017 by The Linley Group
SecureRF has received The Linley Group’s 2017 Analysts’ Choice Award for “Best Technology.” Selected from a strong list of innovative security providers, SecureRF is being recognized for its quantum-resistant, public-key solutions, including Walnut Digital Signature Algorithm™ (WalnutDSA™) and Ironwood Key Agreement Protocol™ (Ironwood KAP™), which provide fast, small-footprint, ultra-low-energy authentication and data protection for low-resource devices.…
Read MoreNIST Accepts SecureRF’s WalnutDSA for Evaluation
SecureRF’s Walnut Digital Signature Algorithm (WalnutDSA) has been accepted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for evaluation as a standard for post-quantum, public-key cryptography. NIST expects to perform multiple rounds of evaluation over a period of three to five years on all of the methods submitted. WalnutDSA is a fast, easy-to-implement, low-energy solution…
Read MoreIoT Security News: DoS Attack at Your Door and Semiconductor Stats
IoT security and semiconductor industry growth were two of hottest tech-related topics in 2017. Every few weeks, we learned about next-generation IoT hacks, new security-related legislation, and exciting advances in processor technology. Here are a few interesting news items from the past month. A DoS Attack at Your Door Amazon Key is a new delivery…
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