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Two companies, Inside Secure and IDT have collaborated to bring to market a compact, single-package secure microcontroller and oscillator, that is claimed to reduce the bill of materials when designing USB tokens for authenticatio... More about Single USB Security Token

Virtualised cloud services and enterprise applications are driving an increased need for high performance SSL security with 2048bit keys, IPSec and compression. Delivering up to five times the SSL (HTTPS) performance compared to a... More about Compression Processors

Maxim Integrated Products has introduced the DS28E10, a challenge-and-response secure authentication IC that includes user-programmable nonvolatile memory. Authentication is implemented with the FIPS 180-3 secure hash algorithm co... More about Secure authentication IC offers crypto-strong authentication

STMicroelectronics is sampling STB (set-top-box) SoC devices featuring advanced CryptoFirewall security, which helps to prevent hacking of pay-TV broadcast signals and enables faster development of lower-cost set-top box products.... More about SBT SoC features advanced CryptoFirewall security core

Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe has released two ICs for encoding and transcoding between full HD (high-definition) H.264 and MPEG-2 streams. The MB86H57 measures 15x15mm, and the MB86H58 27x27mm. They include memory-in-package an... More about Encode And Transcode ICs

Toshiba has announced the development of an advance in information security technology: A physical random-number generation circuit that achieves high output by area, and that generates random numbers at a data rate of 2.0 megabit... More about Toshiba launches physical random-number generator circuit

IT managers have to sort out the fact from the fiction and hype coming from over 300 vendors promising to solve vital pieces of the security jigsaw. Then, of course, there is the question of how seriously to take new developments ... More about Unravelling Cryptography

Artimi, Inc., developer of wireless semiconductors for portable consumer electronics, brings leading edge Near Field Communication (NFC) technology to multi-protocol ultra wideband (UWB) wireless connectivity.With the addition of ... More about Artimi integrates Near Field Communication technology to multi-protocol ultra wideband wireless connectivity

While DES is often criticized for its relatively short 56-bit key, a simple algorithm variant called triple-DES (3DES) extends the key to 168 bits by iterating the DES algorithm three times with different keys. Even though DES has... More about Accelerating Cryptographic Algorithms

The DS2705 SHA-1 authentication master provides the master side of a secure hash algorithm-based (SHA) token authentication scheme and orchestrates the challenge-response sequence. This dedicated device eliminates the hard- and so... More about Authentication Master IC

The Sentinel RTC keys contain a clock stored inside the hardware key that allows software developers to reliably and securely offer time-based license models such as trial, demo or subscription. Designed as a software-right-manage... More about Tamper-Proof Hardware Keys

The OXUF924DSE SATA storage controller features an embedded encryption engine that provides users with the option of highly robust data security. By integrating hardware-enabled encryption, the controller also ensures that high da... More about Dual SATA Storage Controller

The Chip Authentication Procedure (CAP) application SDK offers a complete and secured solution for application design and roll-out. Based on contact and contactless EMV smart cards, CAP enables full mobility, for off- or online us... More about Chip-Authentication Procedure

The 73S12xx family of low-cost single-chip smart-card readers is built around a high-performance 80515 core, with an instruction set compatible with 8051/52. The chip only requires one clock cycle per instruction, delivering up to... More about Smart-Card-Reader ICs

Data security has been a major concern ever since man first started record keeping and information transfer. Since that time, in fact, experts have taken it in turn to play two ostensibly antithetical roles: inventing safer and sa... More about Is There Security In Mobile Communication?

The ST19WR66 is a dual interface (contact or contactless) secure IC that offers 66KB of EEPROM, enabling the product to store biometric records and personal information, as required by today's International Civil Aviation Organiza... More about Contactless Smart Card IC

In 1999, Compaq, HP, IBM, Intel and Microsoft initiated an industry standards body, now known as the Trusted Computing Group (TCG at www.trustedcomputinggroup.org), dedicated to enhancing the security of the computing environment ... More about Should Your Computer Trust You? An insight on the meaning of trusted computing platforms