 Netanya Israel, 27 January 2004 -
Discretix announced today that its products have successfully passed exhaustive cryptanalysis by T-Systems, a world leading cryptanalysis lab. Discretix CryptoCell was not only proven safe but was found to deliver "effective and state of the art protection measures".
Discretix is a leading provider of embedded security solutions for resource constrained environments. Discretix' CryptoCell product range was designed from the ground up to include sophisticated hacking countermeasures to provide robust security. This approach ensures that Discretix' solutions are built to meet the most stringent certification requirements such as Common Criteria.
The T-Systems lab was commissioned to find any design flaws in CryptoCell that could be used for sophisticated back door attacks to sensitive data. Discretix' design was proven able to withstand these challenges. The exhaustive evaluation included all elements of the hardware core (Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), bulk encryption and Random Number Generator) as well as a firmware code review. By incorporating its innovative built-in countermeasures CryptoCell successfully withstood an array of attacks that included Differential Power Analysis, Simple Power Analysis, timing attacks and fault attacks. CryptoCell's functionality was described as "implemented efficiently and secure" and in conclusion, the report states, "no security risk was found".
"CryptoCell's strength lies in its unique combination of unrivalled performance and cost-effectiveness combined with a highly secure design" said Edo Ganot Discretix' VP Marketing and Business Development. "Our clients require complete confidence in the underlying security infrastructure, to ensure that value generating applications can be rolled out in a secure and reliable manner".
A summary of the T-Systems report is available at the Discretix website at: www.discretix.com.
About CryptoCell
Discretix' CryptoCell is the industry leading solution for securing mobile handsets. It is a multi-layered solution with the hardware IP Core layer ensuring robust, high-end security while maintaining cost-effective design with minimum gate-count and unparalleled performance. The CryptoCell firmware layer ensures smooth operation and easy integration. Its building block design enables customers to choose the solution they need without unnecessary extras.
CryptoCell provides all major standard bulk encryption, hashing and PKI algorithms as well as implementation for secure storage. These components provide the foundation for security enablers such as WTLS, PKCS#11 and certificate handling and applications such as VPN client, DRM agent etc.
About Discretix
Discretix is a leading provider of embedded security technology for mobile devices and flash-based storage. Discretix technology, which incorporates both hardware and software components, enables security to be incorporated into products at the chipset level so that it's transparent to the user while protecting sensitive information from malicious attacks, viruses, fraud, and theft. Discretix device toolkits fit into a wide array of devices and mobile systems to enhance security, reliability, and user experience. Discretix technology benefits the entire value chain of chip and platform vendors, device manufacturers, application providers, and operators by eliminating the need for them to devote resources to security, thereby lowering operation costs, increasing trust and driving increased deployment and greater revenues. For more information, please visit www.discretix.com.
Discretix and CryptoFlash are trademarks of Discretix, Ltd.
Other product and trade names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
Contacts for Discretix
Edo Ganot
Discretix Inc.
Tel: +972-544-410-140
edo.ganot@discretix.co
Press contacts
Allan Edwards
Neesham Public Relations
Tel: +44 (0) 1442 879222
allane@neesham.co.uk
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