SEALSQ Corp delivers countries the ability to develop their own personalisation centres

WISeKey International Holding Ltd., a global cybersecurity, AI, blockchain, and semiconductors company, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary SEALSQ Corp is offering countries the ability to develop their own semiconductors personalisation centres via a public private partnership. The objective of this initiative is to reduce dependency on semiconductors manufacturing and deployment of microchips.

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NIST selects Ascon as international standard for lightweight cryptography

Munich, Germany – Infineon Technologies AG has announced that the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has selected the Ascon algorithm developed by Christoph Dobraunig, Maria Eichlseder, Florian Mendel and Martin Schlaeffer as an international standard for lightweight cryptography (LWC). The cryptographic scheme was selected in a multi-stage and multi-year selection process, in

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SIKE attack: IoT cryptography in the quantum age

On July 30th, a paper was published revealing a devastating attack on the Post-Quantum Algorithm (PQA) SIKE. The algorithm was well-respected as a candidate for further study in the fourth round of the NIST PQA process. It was particularly favoured by large technology companies such as AWS, Cloudflare and Google who were experimenting with and

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Bairong Inc. launches Indra, a secure AI-powered multi-party computing platform

Bairong Inc., an independent AI-powered technology platform in China, has officially launched Indra, a groundbreaking secure multi-party computing platform that meets key privacy protection needs in the process of data development.

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SecureRF joins STMicroelectronics Partner Program to bring security to the smallest devices in the IoT

SecureRF Corporation, a provider of quantum-resistant security tools for the Internet of Things (IoT), announced that it has joined the STMicroelectronics Partner Program. Cooperation between the two companies will enable customers developing IoT solutions, across a wide selection of applications and markets, to take advantage of ST products

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u-blox delivers new series of secure LTE advanced automotive telematics modules

u‑blox, a global provider of wireless and positioning modules and chips, has announced the TOBY-L4 series of Automotive Grade telematics modules. The series integrates LTE, UMTS and GSM connectivity with a powerful embedded processor, enabling a wide range of applications on a single device.

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Trusted Objects expert to present on lightweight cryptography to USA’s NIST

Alexandre Adomnicai, cryptography expert at Trusted Objects will give a presentation on his current research at the next NIST Lightweight Cryptography Workshop that will take place on October 17-18, 2016 at NIST (US National Institute of Standards and Technology) Headquarters, in Gaithersburg, Md., USA.

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Japan claims world’s first flexible security secure cryptoprocessor with adjustable security level

Yasuyuki Nogami and colleagues at Okayama University and Tokyo Electron Device Ltd, supported by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) have developed a secure cryptoprocessor that is reportedly able to flexibly adjust the level of security without upgrading the device itself.

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Silicon Labs’ wireless SoC portfolio provides ‘scalable solutions’ for ZigBee®, Thread, Bluetooth® Smart

Silicon Labs has introduced its Wireless Gecko portfolio of multiprotocol system-on-chip (SoC) devices, providing flexible connectivity and price/performance options for Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

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Renesas IoT platform expands with launch of ultra-low power microcontrollers and updated Synergy software

Renesas Electronics, a supplier of semiconductor solutions, announced the expansion of its Renesas Synergy™ Platform designed to accelerate time to market, reduce total cost of ownership and remove many of the obstacles engineers face when designing devices for the Internet of Things (IoT).

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