Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, announced it has released EnforcIT® Security Monitor, an advanced security IP block providing additional layers of user-configurable tamper protection and responses to the most secure and lowest power FPGA product families on the market—Microsemi’s SmartFusion®2 SoC FPGAs and IGLOO®2 FPGAs.
With EnforcIT Security Monitor, SmartFusion2 and IGLOO2 devices can be easily configured to interface with hardware security mechanisms built into the silicon of these FPGAs. When configured for reporting, EnforcIT Security Monitor can report to the FPGA a variety of internal security flags and system conditions. When configured to act autonomously, EnforcIT Security Monitor can respond to malicious FPGA threats and take action, mitigating further attack by protecting or destroying critical data and design.
“Security, reliability and performance are all critical considerations in building an effective system,” said Michael Mehlberg, vice president of product management and sales at Microsemi. “Our EnforcIT Security Monitor will allow our customers to easily strike a balance between these important considerations while providing advanced monitoring, reporting and response against sophisticated FPGA attacks.”
EnforcIT Security Monitor is a single, low-resource soft IP block capable of monitoring and responding to an assortment of internal security flags and system conditions. Taking full advantage of the tamper detectors and responses built into the FPGA silicon, it can be configured to report threats, act autonomously or some combination of the two allowing the user to find the right balance between security, performance and safety. Microsemi’s EnforcIT Security Monitor can also be used as part of the layered solution in NSAs Commercial Solutions for Classified Program.
Specific features include:
- Seamlessly interfaces with Microsemi SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs and IGLOO2 FPGAs, the most secure and lowest power FPGAs on the market;
- Configurable alarm actions including zeroize, lockdown, chip reset and more;
- Safety controls permitting the user to delay or cancel automatic responses;
- Customizable clock, JTAG and timeout monitoring;
- Logic integrity and fault detection; and
- Runtime IP version reporting.
EnforcIT Security Monitor is released as a single component—an IP block in encrypted source form. Provided with this IP block is world-class technical support and comprehensive documentation describing the use and configuration of the product along with best practices. Customers interested in evaluating or purchasing EnforcIT Security Monitor can contact their local Microsemi sales representative for more information or email [email protected] and reference “EnforcIT Security Monitor” in the subject line.
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