Secure-IC acquires Silex Insight’s security business

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Secure-IC, a provider of end-to-end cybersecurity solutions for embedded systems and connected objects, has acquired Silex Insight’s security business.

Silex Insight provides flexible and scalable security IP cores solutions which will complement Secure-IC's portfolio. All current and new customers will benefit from this acquisition as Secure-IC will now be able to offer the largest portfolio of embedded security solutions to the market.

The security landscape is rapidly ever-changing, and IoT developers face increasing pressure to step up device security and meet evolving regulatory requirements. This acquisition is seen as helping to simplify development, accelerate time-to-market, and help device makers and OEMs to make products future-proof when it comes to security.

Secure-IC has been providing the electronic and semiconductor industries with its protection technologies, namely the Securyzr integrated Security Services Platform (iSSP), for various market applications. This enables customers and partners to secure and manage their fleet of devices from the cloud and provides added-value security services, as well as compliance to standards.

Silex Insight’s highly scalable and flexible silicon proven security IPs are all turn-key solutions and compliant with common industry standards (NIST and others). The security platforms and solutions include flexible and high-performance crypto engines which are easy to integrate and provides a complete security solution for all platforms.

As part of the integration of Silex Insight’s security business within Secure-IC, Silex Insight’s current operations in Belgium will remain in place and are expected to be further expanded.

“Secure-IC continues to invest heavily in security and by leveraging Silex Insight’s knowledge, solutions, and people, we know we retain best-in-class security for our customers. We expect to help them achieve market success with a complete embedded security offer, including lifecycle management”, said Hassan Triqui, CEO of Secure-IC. “The combination of Secure-IC and Silex Insight is going to bring a unique high assurance security level to the market. Our mission is to provide our customers with solutions which perfectly fit their requirements, and offer outstanding quality, so that it is easy to implement right through to tape-out and beyond”.