
Finance and Banking
Resilient cryptographic protection for payment systems, digital banking, and secure financial infrastructure
FortifyIQ’s software and hardware IP cores deliver robust security for the financial industry, where compliance, performance, and proven resistance to physical attacks are essential. From smart cards and ATMs to blockchain infrastructure and mobile wallets, FortifyIQ enables secure deployment across all financial applications, whether in cloud environments, embedded systems, or legacy platforms.
Industry Requirements
The financial sector operates under strict regulatory and security requirements:
Global Compliance
Systems must conform to standards such as FIPS 140-3, PCI PTS, Common Criteria (e.g., AVA_VAN.5), EMVCo, and ISO/IEC 17825.
Power, Performance, and Area Efficiency (PPA)
Devices ranging from smart cards to HSMs must deliver secure cryptographic performance under severe resource constraints.
Attack Resilience
Protection against side-channel attacks (SCA) and fault injection attacks (FIA) is mandatory to safeguard cryptographic secrets and transaction integrity.
Cross-Platform Deployment
Modern financial systems span cloud-based infrastructure, chiplet-integrated SoCs, and legacy devices lacking hardware crypto.
FortifyIQ meets these requirements with validated, compliant cryptographic IP and software hardened against real-world threats.
Why FortifyIQ ?

Compliance-Ready — Solutions are engineered for certification under FIPS 140-3 (all levels), Common Criteria up to AVA_VAN.5, PCI PTS, and SESIP (all levels).
What FortifyIQ Provides:
- Cryptographic IP and software validated to support PCI PIN Security, PCI PTS, and EMVCo standards.
- Physically hardened cryptography for secure PIN entry devices, POS terminals, and payment modules.
- Robust resistance to physical attacks (SCA/FIA) meeting FIPS 140-3 Levels 3,4 and Common Criteria AVA_VAN.5.
- Support for secure firmware authentication and lifecycle management.
Power, performance and area optimized – Hardened cryptographic designs with minimal power, area, and latency overhead. Suited for smart cards, mobile devices, and embedded financial hardware.
Security Validation and Cryptographic Assurance.
FortifyIQ’s cryptographic IP cores are built with mathematically grounded and practically validated countermeasures, ensuring high-assurance resistance to the most advanced physical attacks.
AES STORM: Features a formal mathematical proof of side-channel security, offering high-assurance protection with minimal footprint. Internally validated to over 15 million traces with no leakage.
HMAC-SHA2 is based on a patented variant of the Threshold Implementation (TI) paradigm, offering strong side-channel resistance and exceeding certification requirements. Internally validated to over 100 million traces with no leakage.
Validation methodology includes:
- Pre-silicon RTL validation using FortifyIQ’s EDA tools (TVLA leakage analysis, module/gate-level pinpointing, and gate-level netlist attack simulation)
- FPGA and silicon post-silicon testing
- DPA, CPA, EMA, and fault injection (voltage, EM, clock) attacks on the design in simulation and on FPGA
- Detection of non-invasive fault injections
Certification support documentation is available for SESIP, Common Criteria, and FIPS 140-3.
FortifyIQ
Solutions for
Financial Systems
Solution Category
FortifyIQ Offering
FortifyIQ Offering
AES and HMAC-SHA2 software libraries protected against SCA and FIA, validated against over 100,000 traces. Ideal for low-cost, legacy, or mobile platforms without secure hardware
FortifyIQ Offering
Side-channel and fault-resistant IP for AES, HMAC, PKA, PQC, and more, delivering high performance with minimal power and area overhead, even in resource-constrained systems.
FortifyIQ Offering
Side-channel and fault-resistant cryptographic anchor IPs supporting secure boot, key management, and on-the-fly encryption/decryption. Compatible with chiplet-based SoCs and embedded devices.
FortifyIQ Offering
FortifyIQ's SCA/FIA evaluation tools provide gate-level netlist attack simulation, TVLA leakage detection, and full trace generation for certification-aligned hardware security assurance.

Applications
and Use Cases
ATMs and Payment Terminals
Secure PIN entry and transaction authorization with resistance to side-channel and fault injection attacks in embedded processors.
Mobile Wallets and Contactless Payment
Ensure confidentiality and message authentication in high-throughput, latency-sensitive environments using software or hardware crypto.
Blockchain and Digital Assets
Protect private keys and transaction authorization mechanisms against power analysis and fault injection in hardware wallets or custodial infrastructure.
Cloud-Based Banking Infrastructure
FortifyIQ’s pipeline cryptographic IP and software solutions protect high-throughput cloud operations, including HSM workloads, secure enclaves, and digital asset management, from side-channel and fault injection attacks. These offerings are optimized for integration into chiplets, data center SoCs, and virtualized environments that require FIPS- and CC-aligned compliance.
Smart Cards and Secure Elements
Deploy AES and HMAC-SHA2 cryptographic cores or software crypto with SCA/FIA protection suitable for certified card-grade security levels.
HSMs and Secure Enclaves
Integrate high-assurance symmetric and asymmetric cryptographic primitives validated for Common Criteria and FIPS compliance.
Online and Digital Banking
Secure boot and software crypto libraries ensure trusted execution and data protection even on legacy platforms without hardware protection.
Chiplet-Based HSMs and SoCs
FortifyIQ’s Root of Trust and crypto IP cores integrate seamlessly into chiplet designs, including on-the-fly encryption/decryption, enabling secure modular architectures with minimal compromise in power, performance, or area.

Let's Protect Your
Financial Systems
from the Next Generation of Attacks
FortifyIQ delivers proven, certifiable security IP and software that meets the strictest compliance standards for banking, payments, and fintech, including post-quantum cryptography to safeguard against tomorrow’s threats.