Vendor: Xiphera Ltd Category: Root Of Trust

nQrux Secure Boot

Enable quantum-secure authenticated boot, crucial for verifying the authenticity and integrity of binary images during the processor boot sequence

Overview

nQrux® Secure Boot enhances system security by enabling quantum-secure authenticated boot, crucial for verifying the authenticity and integrity of binary images during the processor boot sequence. The protection is rooted in a hybrid digital signature scheme that utilises both ECDSA and ML-DSA. ML-DSA digital signatures are designed to counter threats from quantum computing, while ECDSA provides a reliable fallback to guard against potential vulnerabilities in the newer quantum-resistant algorithms.

Key features

  • Trusted computing enabler
  • Secure cryptographic base for Root of Trust
  • Digital signature verification for binaries
  • Hybrid security mechanism (ECDSA/ML-DSA) protects against classical and quantum attacks
  • Implements NIST standard FIPS 204 for quantum-secure digital signatures
  • Secure from side-channel attacks
  • Efficient and optimised architecture
  • Pure digital logic with no CPU or software components
  • Easy integration with 32-bit interface
  • Vendor agnostic ASIC/FPGA implementation

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Benefits

nQrux® Secure Boot is an essential solution for securing systems against both contemporary and emerging cryptographic threats, ensuring that only fully authenticated software is executed during system startups.

Balanced Secure Boot

Product code: XIP7410B

  • Supports all security levels (ECDSA-256/384/521 and ML-DSA-44/65/87)
  • Moderate resource requirements (Around 20kLUTs in a typical FPGA implementation)
  • Fast performance with thousands of signature verifications/sec

Applications

  • Secure system initialisation
  • Data centers, edge, and cloud
  • Space and satellite infrastructures
  • Mission-critical applications
  • Industrial and IoT environments
  • Root of Trust

What’s Included?

  • Encrypted RTL or source code
  • Sample synthesis scripts
  • Optional netlist
  • Instantiation file
  • Comprehensive simulation test bench, scripts & guide
  • Detailed datasheet and integration guide

Specifications

Identity

Part Number
XIP7410B
Vendor
Xiphera Ltd
Type
Silicon IP

Files

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Provider

Xiphera Ltd
HQ: Finland

Learn more about Root Of Trust IP core

Why Hardware Root of Trust Matters

Trust is the foundation of any secure computing system, but that trust has to start somewhere. This article explores the role of a Hardware Root of Trust, why that starting point must be built into hardware, and why it matters more than ever as device lifecycles grow longer, the EU Cyber Resilience Act introduces new security requirements, and the transition to quantum-resistant cryptography moves forward.

Xiphera Achieves ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Certification

Xiphera has achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, the internationally recognised standard for information security management, following an independent audit conducted by Into Certification Oy, an accredited certification body and subsidiary of Into Security Oy.

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