Vendor: Secure-IC Category: Root Of Trust

Cyber Escort Unit IP: Bridging Software and Hardware Security Gaps

The Cyber Escort Unit is designed to fill the security gap between software cyber security and hardware by escorting step by step…

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Overview

The Cyber Escort Unit is designed to fill the security gap between software cyber security and hardware by escorting  step by step the program execution to achieve high execution performances in a secure way, allowing  advantageously real-time detection of zero-day attacks. Unique on the market, this product builds the foundation for hardware-enabled cybersecurity.

It is the only tool on the market that comprises technologies for detecting and deterring cyberattacks. This  technology acts on-the-fly. Precisely, Secure-Call is aiming to protect against the four threats which represent a large number of vulnerabilities encountered in practice.

  • Return oriented programming (ROP): The attacker reuses chunks of code to assemble a malicious program like a patchwork.
  • Stack Smashing, by exploiting a buffer over run or integer under-or-overflow etc.: the attacker crafts some  fake stack frames in order to change the program context.

Properties 

  • Detect all return address corruption on the stack 
  • No impact on computation time
  • Very easyset-up 
  • No recompilation needed, no influence on the protected program 
  • Can be used in a safety context, i.e., restore PC, so that the system comes back to a stable state

 

Key features

  • Real-time detection of Zero-Day attack by monitoring step by step the program execution  
  • Stops the attack before it is executed 
  • Compared to SW level cyber protection, it cannot be exploited remotely, as it is inaccessible to an attacker 
  • Ensures protection against Fault Injection Attack (Temperature, Electromagnetic Injection,Clock Glitch, Power Glitch, Laser Injection) and Software Cyber Attack (Code Injection, Buffer Overflow, Stack Smashing, Control Flow Graph hijacking, 0-day attacks targeting SW execution)  
  • Allows to limit false positive alarms as it is checking fundamental properties of well-behaved code 
  • No processor modification 
  • Runtime impact highly limited (<1% in most cases) 
  •  Low hardware footprint 
  •  Agnostic for the program

Block Diagram

SCZ_IP_CEU_SCall block diagram

Applications

  • Secure Boot
  • Zero-day attacks
  • Cyber andphysical attacks targeting the code execution

What’s Included?

  • Obfuscated VHDL RTL of the IP 
  • Self-checking RTL Testbench based on reference scenario for simulation
  •  User manual, integration guideline and test plan

Specifications

Identity

Part Number
SCZ_IP_CEU_SCall
Vendor
Secure-IC
Type
Silicon IP

Files

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Provider

Secure-IC
HQ: France
With presence and customers across 5 continents, Secure-IC is the rising leader and the only global provider of end-to-end cybersecurity solutions for embedded systems and connected objects. Driven by a unique approach called PESC (Protect, Evaluate, Service & Certify), Secure-IC positions itself as a partner to support its clients throughout and beyond the IC design process. Relying on innovation and research activities, Secure-IC provides Silicon-proven and cutting-edge protection technologies, integrated Secure Elements and security evaluation platforms to reach compliance with the highest level of certification for different markets (such as automotive, AIoT, defense, payments & transactions, memory & storage, server & cloud). Discover in preview of Secure-IC new Securyzr Server to manage the security of heterogeneous fleets of IoT devices throughout their lifecycle
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