FortifyIQ's representative act as a speaker at D&R IP SoC Conference

Post-quantum algorithms ML-KEM and ML-DSA, based on Crystals Kyber and Crystals Dilithium, respectively, have been recently standardized by NIST in FIPS 203 and FIPS 204, and are rapidly being adopted worldwide. However, these algorithms are highly vulnerable to physical attacks, including side-channel attacks that can succeed with only a single trace. Masking-based countermeasures exist, but they introduce significant overhead in performance, gate count, and power consumption. Furthermore, a growing body of academic work has demonstrated practical attacks against masked implementations.

FortifyIQ has developed a unique algorithmic protection against physical attacks for both ML-KEM and ML-DSA, which is not based on masking and delivers significantly superior PPA compared to masking-based approaches. The method transforms computations into a large redundant domain, following the same core design principles as FortifyIQ’s AES protection schemes, which have successfully passed AVA.VAN.5 evaluation by a leading Common Criteria lab and are already deployed in millions of devices. This protection also extends to critical operations such as composition and decomposition, which are known to be particularly sensitive to side-channel leakage, and are not protected by standard masking techniques.

FortifyIQ provides a combined hardware + firmware solution. For already manufactured devices, or in cases where hardware constraints prevent full integration, FortifyIQ also offers software libraries for both ML-KEM and ML-DSA implementing the same underlying algorithmic protection. All products share a unified API.

FortifyIQ enables end-to-end crypto-agility across parameter sets and protection levels through over-the-air downloads, and even algorithm migration, through a consistent software-defined implementation path with a seamless transition to hardware acceleration via the same API. This ensures long-term adaptability without redesigning system integration layers.

In addition, FortifyIQ maintains outstanding benchmark results (available under NDA), demonstrating efficient operation even on highly constrained devices, enabling secure deployment across ultra-limited embedded environments.