Deal brings security to ARM7 micros
NXP has signed a deal with embedded security specialist NTRU which brings software based encryption to users of ARM7 based microcontrollers.
According to NXP, software encrypted microcontrollers can be used in various applications, including credit card readers, entry access systems, ATMs and set top boxes. The software encryption based technology will allow customers to upgrade the microcontroller security in an installed application, in order to provide countermeasures against possible attacks.
Core features of the NTRU software include: confidentiality, which allows the sender and receiver to be sure that information is being shared only in the way they intend; authentication, which allows the receiver of the information to be certain where it came from; and integrity, which allows the receiver to verify that the message has not been altered in transit.
