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Compact Crypto Box IP Core for Resource-Constrained Devices
FortifyIQ’s Crypto Box IP core is a compact, power-efficient cryptographic engine that combines essential asymmetric algorithms (RSA, ECC) with high-speed AES encryption in a single integrated block. Designed for resource-constrained embedded systems, it enables secure key exchange, digital signatures, and fast data encryption with minimal area and power overhead. Supporting standard modes like ECDH, ECDSA, RSA-2048, and AES-GCM/CTR, the Crypto Box is ideal for secure boot, secure communication, and device authentication. Built-in defenses against side-channel and fault attacks ensure suitability for security certifications such as FIPS 140-3 and Common Criteria.
FortifyIQ’s Crypto Box IP core is a compact, integrated cryptographic engine tailored for secure embedded systems with tight area, power, and performance budgets. It combines essential asymmetric cryptographic capabilities (RSA and ECC) with a high-performance AES engine in a unified architecture, delivering robust security for resource-constrained devices such as MCUs, IoT nodes, and sensor hubs. The asymmetric engine supports RSA-2048 and ECC (ECDH/ECDSA over NIST P-192 to P-521), enabling secure key exchange, digital signature verification, and device authentication. The AES engine supports 128-, 192- and 256-bit keys and includes standard modes such as ECB, CBC, CTR, and GCM for secure and authenticated data encryption.
At the core of the Crypto Box is FortifyIQ’s highly innovative and extremely efficient protection of AES against side-channel analysis (SCA) and fault injection (FI) attacks. Protection against SCA is purely algorithmic, implementation-agnostic, and applied at the RTL level, ensuring consistent and portable security across ASIC, SoC, or FPGA implementations regardless of backend flow or technology node.
The IP also supports secure boot and secure firmware update of the Crypto Box itself. Firmware updates are authenticated and validated to ensure only trusted code can be executed, enabling a secure device lifecycle.
FortifyIQ’s Crypto Box IP delivers a compact, self-defending cryptographic foundation for modern embedded platforms, combining classical asymmetric cryptography, efficient symmetric encryption, and lifecycle security—all in a single, low-footprint core optimized for constrained environments.
