FortifyIQ provides pre-silicon hardware design evaluation and protection software that enhances resistance to side-channel and fault injection attacks through implementation-agnostic cryptographic algorithms. Their solutions enable secure integration of protected IP cores into existing systems, ensuring robust security without compromising performance or latency.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
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Problem
Hardware designs are vulnerable to side-channel and fault injection attacks, which can compromise cryptographic keys and sensitive data. Traditional post-silicon validation methods are costly and time-consuming, delaying time-to-market and increasing development expenses. Existing solutions often lack implementation-agnostic protection and can negatively impact performance and latency.
Solution
FortifyIQ provides pre-silicon hardware design evaluation and protection through implementation-agnostic cryptographic algorithms, IP cores, and software libraries. Their solutions enable secure integration of protected IP cores into existing systems, ensuring robust security against side-channel (SCA) and fault injection (FIA) attacks without compromising performance or latency. FortifyIQ offers both protected IP cores and software libraries with proven algorithmic protections. Additionally, they provide pre-silicon hardware analysis solutions that identify weaknesses in hardware designs, making them vulnerable to these attacks.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes semiconductor companies, system-on-chip (SoC) designers, and IoT device manufacturers who require robust hardware-level security against physical attacks.
Features
- **FortiCrypt:** AES IP core and software library protected against SCA and FIA, including SIFA, utilizing masking methods based on finite field arithmetic. Available in Ultra-High Performance, Ultra-Low Power, Ultra-Compact, and Balanced configurations.
- **FortiMac:** HMAC SHA2 IP core and software library protected against SCA and FIA, including SIFA, suitable for lightweight applications and based on the threshold implementation approach.
- **FortiPKA:** Public Key Accelerator coprocessor with modular multiplication and SCA/FIA protection, streamlining operations by eliminating Montgomery domain transformations.
- **SideChannel Studio:** Pre-silicon simulation and analysis tool to eradicate SCA vulnerabilities during the design phase, incorporating SCOPE IQ (Side Channel Optimized Probe Emulator) and SCORE IQ (Side Channel Output Results Evaluator). Supports TVLA (Test Vector Leakage Assessment) tests.
- **FaultInjection Studio:** Pre-silicon simulation and analysis tool to identify FIA vulnerabilities during the design phase, integrated with the Verilator functional simulator.
- **Root of Trust (RoT):** SCA-proof, mathematically robust, and algorithm-driven RoT solution with technology-agnostic compatibility.