SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Atmel®
Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller (MCU) and
touch technology solutions, today launched the industry's first
hardware interface library for Transport Layer Security (TLS)
stacks used in Internet of Things (IoT) edge node applications.
Hardening is a method used for reducing security risks to a system
by applying additional hardware security layers and eliminating
vulnerable software. Atmel's new Hardware-TLS (HW-TLS) platform
provides an API that allows TLS packages to utilize hardware key
storage and cryptographic acceleration even in resource constrained
edge node designs. HW-TLS is a comprehensive solution pre-loaded
with unique keys and certificates designed to eliminate the
complexities of generating secure keys in the manufacturing supply
chain.
Complete Secure Solutions for OpenSSL and wolfSSL
Implementations
OpenSSL is a general-purpose cryptography library that provides
an open-source implementation of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and
TLS protocols. wolfSSL is a cryptography library that provides
lightweight, portable security solutions with a focus on speed and
size. Atmel's new ATECC508A-OpenSSL and ATECC508A-wolfSSL are
available for immediate download at their respective software
distribution repositories, offering seamless adoption of more
secure elements without disruption to the developer
workflow.
Secure hardening for both OpenSSL and wolfSSL is made possible
with HW-TLS which allows those TLS software packages to interface
seamlessly with the Atmel ATECC508A CryptoAuthentication™
co-processor. The ATECC508A provides protected key storage as well
as hardware acceleration of Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC)
cipher suites including mutual authentication (ECDSA) and
Diffie-Hellman key agreement (ECDH). As such, HW-TLS allows
developers to substantially harden Transport Layer Security (TLS),
enhancing security for IoT-device and cloud-service ecosystems.
When used together, HW-TLS and the ATECC508A allow even
extremely small, low-cost IoT nodes to implement strong
cryptographic security. All private keys, certificates and other
sensitive security data used for authentication are stored in
secure hardware and protected against software, hardware and
back-door attacks. In addition, the integrated ECC accelerators in
the ATECC508A offload cryptographic code and math from the MCU
allowing even a low end processor to perform strong
authentication.
"Everyone with an interest in IoT security should be excited
about Atmel HW-TLS with wolfSSL," said Larry Stefonic, CEO, wolfSSL. "The combination
of our secure software and Atmel's new chips brings TLS performance
and security to a level unrivaled in the industry. Atmel's HW-TLS
platform also makes it easier than ever for developers to
incorporate truly hardened security into our TLS stack."
Accelerated Crypto Processes
With the rise of the IoT, security has become a pressing topic
because autonomous remote devices are now routinely connecting to
wireless networks to form complex smart-device and cloud-service
ecosystems. As a result, autonomous smart IoT devices constitute a
significant part of those networks and must be able to authenticate
themselves to the network resources to maintain the integrity of
the ecosystem. In addition, these remote, resource-constrained
clients must be able to perform this authentication using minimal
processing, memory and power.
Traditionally, TLS performed authentication and stored private
keys in software. The Atmel Hardware-TLS platform closes the
vulnerability gap in this arrangement by offloading the crucial key
management responsibility to dedicated, tamper-resistant secure
elements such as the ATECCC508A CryptoAuthentication device. In
addition, the intensive crypto algorithms are processed in the
CryptoAuthentication device, offloading the MCU on the remote
devices and enabling the IoT edge node to authenticate to the cloud
without a user-perceptible delay. Furthermore, Atmel Hardware-TLS
comes as a complete platform pre-loaded with unique keys and
certificates for eliminating the complexities of adding secure keys
to each device in a manufacturing supply chain.
"With more and more remote devices being connected to the cloud
every day in the era of the IoT, it becomes increasingly critical
to ensure these devices are not vulnerable to attack," said
Nicolas Schieli, Sr. Director,
Secure Products Group, Atmel. "Such devices can be entirely secure
only when they are hardware secure, meaning the 'secret' keys are
stored in a separate hardware unit. We are excited to bring this
innovation to market, enabling device manufacturers that need to
connect to the cloud to take advantage of hardware security."
The Atmel Hardware-TLS platform complements Atmel Certified-ID,
a seamless and secure keys provisioning platform for creating
trusted Internet identities for smart connected devices.
Availability
Atmel
Hardware-TLS: http://www.atmel.com/tools/Atmel-HW-TLS.aspx
OpenSSL:
https://wiki.openssl.org/index.php/Binaries
wolfSSL: https://wolfssl.com/wolfSSL/Home.html
More Information
Atmel Secure Products: www.atmel.com/security
Atmel CryptoAuthentication:
http://www.atmel.com/products/security-ics/cryptoauthentication/default.aspx
Atmel YouTube Channel: www.atmel.com/youtube
Embedded Design Blog: http://blog.atmel.com
Twitter: www.atmel.com/twitter
LinkedIn: www.atmel.com/linkedin
Facebook: www.atmel.com/facebook
About Atmel Corporation
Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) is a worldwide leader in the
design and manufacture of microcontrollers, capacitive touch
solutions, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and
radio frequency (RF) components. Leveraging one of the industry's
broadest intellectual property (IP) technology portfolios, Atmel is
able to provide the electronics industry with intelligent and
connected solutions focused on the industrial, consumer,
communications, computing and automotive markets.
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