
Intrinsic ID is first with PSA Certified Level 3 Root of Trust
Intrinsic ID is the world’s first IP provider to achieve PSA Certified Level 3 Root of Trust (RoT) Component Certification for its Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) technology
The Intrinsic PUF technology is already used in more than 500 million devices across the globe. The QuiddiKey 300 has achieved the first PSA level 3 certification for chip designers creating high-value assets based on a secure root of trust.
This allows designers to fast-track chip for a full PSA Certified certification to boost supply chain integrity, chiplet security and protection against reverse engineering.
“We prioritized PSA Certified validation for QuiddiKey 300 because we believe in a standardized approach to device security, underpinned by certification. PSA Certified is an objective and comprehensive process to developing lab-validated components on which a robust and secure IoT can thrive,” said Pim Tuyls, CEO of Intrinsic ID.
uiddiKey 300 is PUF physical security IP that enables device manufacturers to secure their products with internally-generated unclonable identities and device-unique cryptographic keys. It uses the inherently random start-up values of SRAM as a PUF, which generates the entropy required for a strong hardware RoT.
In addition to the PUF protection against physical attacks, QuiddiKey 300 has several built-in physical countermeasures. These include both systemic security features as well as more specific countermeasures that protect against specific attacks
As a PSA Certified hardware IP solution, QuiddiKey 300 has been independently tested to ensure it provides substantial protection against both software and hardware attacks (including side-channel and fault injection attacks) and is qualified as a trusted component in a system that requires a PSA Certified Level 3 Root of Trust.
It is optimized for IoT applications such as defense, healthcare, infrastructure, consumer devices, the data centre, AI and autonomous driving among others.
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“We are thrilled to be the first IP vendor to achieve PSA Certified Level 3 RoT component certification with QuiddiKey 300. This gives our customers access to certified, robust security components that will help build a more trusted IoT and comply with legislation including the new US Cyber Trust Mark program,” said Tuyls.
“PSA Certified and its ecosystem are contributing to an environment where security is implemented from the beginning of product development” said Marc Witteman, CEO at Riscure. “The PSA-RoT certification enables a framework for vendors and independent security labs to vigorously test components and ensure that they meet industry security standards for an IoT device.”
QuiddiKey 300 is available now and is the second product in the QuiddiKey X00 series, which customized the core QuiddiKey PUF IP for key target markets. It can be flexibly integrated across all foundries and technology nodes and received Level 3 certification according to the Security Evaluation Standard for IoT Platforms (SESIP) from GlobalPlatform SESIP-certified.
The QuiddiKey PUF IP is NIST CAVP certified, ready for FIPS 140-3, and has been deployed and proven in more than 500 million devices, which have been certified by EMVCo, Visa, CC EAL6+, PSA Certified, ioXt, and governments across the globe.
QuiddiKey 300 includes a NIST-compliant (SP 800-90A/B) random number generator (RNG) which can also be licensed separately as QuiddiKey RNG 300.
