IoT Security: It Starts with a Strong Root of Trust
See how a strong Root of Trust provides the security to ensure your IoT product is successful.
You know the numbers – the Internet of Things will grow to 50 billion connected devices before long, on its way to trillions. And to ensure YOUR IoT product is successful, you need to juggle a lot of balls. One of the biggest issues you face?
Security.
Have you considered the ways a security breach can affect your business?
- The legal team is worried about liability exposure.
- The CFO and risk managers cite data on the financial impact of breaches, costing tens of millions of dollars.
- Any security vulnerability can put your product – and therefore your company, brand, reputation and customer – at risk.
So you wonder … how do I protect my assets? My business? The answer: Start with a strong Root of Trust.
What is a Root of Trust?
A root of trust consists of identity and cryptographic keys rooted in the hardware of a device. It establishes a unique, immutable and unclonable identity to authorize a device in the IoT network. It establishes the anchor point for the chain of trust, and powers critical system security use cases over the entire lifecycle of a device. It protects the device against counterfeiting, cloning and reverse engineering.
Intrinsic ID’s technology delivers a hardware root of trust by generating unique keys based on our patented SRAM PUF, or Physical Unclonable Function. SRAM PUF is a digital fingerprint for a semiconductor device, based on physical variations inherent to every chip – as distinct as a snowflake. Because this fingerprint is impossible to clone, it is the ideal basis for a device’s identity. Since the root key is generated internally and never stored, no sensitive data is visible anywhere in the supply chain. This approach delivers a lower Total Cost of Ownership, and manufacturing flow flexibility for chip manufacturers, contract manufacturers and OEMs to scale the IoT.
So if you are developing a new IoT product and need to make sure it’s secure, Intrinsic ID delivers a robust root of trust. It’s the first step to protecting your products – and your business.