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AuthenTec Launches Secure Device Architecture (SDA) for Mobile and Networking Devices

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BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AuthenTec (NASDAQ: AUTH), a leading provider of mobile and network security, today introduced the AuthenTec Secure Device Architecture (SDA) for mobile and networking devices. This security solution combines existing and new AuthenTec products with third party components to provide the most comprehensive framework available to assist device vendors in addressing their encryption needs. AuthenTec’s new SDA offers device vendors flexibility needed for the diverse requirements of different users, while offering standards compatibility and new features that create unique product differentiation.

The AuthenTec SDA includes new components:

  • MatrixDAR™ - a data-at-rest (DAR) solution that encrypts data stored locally on a device hard drive or removable media such as an SD card. MatrixDAR is available immediately with support for Android Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich and other Linux-based devices.
  • SafeZone™/FIPS - a FIPS 140-certified version of AuthenTec’s SafeZone middleware for platform security. SafeZone/FIPS is available as a pure software solution supporting a full range of cryptography operations and providing secure storage and access control for sensitive keys.

“This offering represents the culmination of nearly two years of work bringing together AuthenTec smart sensor products with Embedded Security products acquired from SafeNet and more recently PeerSec Networks,” said Dr. Simon Blake-Wilson, AuthenTec’s Vice President of Embedded Security Solutions. “Our new Secure Device Architecture represents the broadest range of encryption capabilities available to mobile and networking device vendors.”

The AuthenTec SDA integrates components across the following four levels:

  • Hardware - AuthenTec’s SafeXcel Crypto Module for hardware-based platform security, packet engines for protocol-level operation acceleration, and smart sensors for user authentication and identification, together with CPU-provided security operations from suppliers like ARM and MIPS and third party security peripherals.
  • Middleware - vendors can choose between AuthenTec’s SafeZone middleware for typical environments needing hardware-based key storage and usage or ARM’s TrustZone™ middleware for advanced environments requiring a complete Trusted Execution Environment (TEE). AuthenTec’s SDA is compatible with TrustZone middleware offerings such as Giesecke and Devrient’s Mobicore and Texas Instruments’ M-Shield.
  • Software Development Kits (SDKs) - toolkits that enable efficient implementation of encryption for local data storage as well as a full range of secure networking protocols including DTLS, IPsec, MACsec, SSH, and SSL/TLS. The architecture also encompasses AuthenTec’s TrueSuite SDK for identity management. All SDKs offer the choice of standalone operation, operation on top of AuthenTec’s SafeZone middleware, and operation on top of TrustZone.
  • Applications - designed to meet the encryption needs of the full range of applications including applications like browser, email, and media player that are built into the device OS, as well as third-party applications that are downloaded from App Stores. At the application level, AuthenTec’s Secure Device Architecture also includes AuthenTec’s DataDefender for application separation and QuickSec™ VPN Client for Android.

AuthenTec’s SDA features:

  • A Comprehensive Solution - meets all encryption requirements within a single, unified architecture, including data-at-rest, data-in-motion, and user authentication and identity management.
  • Offers Customer Differentiation - by integrating security solutions that were previously discrete/isolated, the architecture enables new capabilities that enhance both security and the user experience, creating differentiation in customer devices. For instance, the integration of a smart fingerprint sensor and a VPN client enables a single fingerprint swipe to launch the VPN client, unlock access to user credentials, and establish a secure connection to the security gateway.
  • Provides State-of-the-art Security - incorporates security features including FIPS 140 and TrustZone. By treating TrustZone as one of several middleware options underlying SDKs and security applications, AuthenTec’s SDA enables device vendors to migrate to TrustZone with minimal cost, complexity, and time-to-market.

For more information about the AuthenTec SDA offering, including whitepapers on AuthenTec’s VPN and DRM running on TrustZone, visit: http://tiny.cc/authentecSDA. The Company will be demonstrating this new solution for customers and prospects at this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (Hall 3.1, HS 174).

AuthenTec’s mobile and network security solutions include embedded and downloadable DRM content protection, mobile VPN client solutions, platform security to protect against hardware and software attacks, hardware IP for protocol and crypto acceleration, identity management software, and smart fingerprint sensors.

About AuthenTec

AuthenTec is a leading provider of mobile and network security. The Company's diverse product and technology offering helps protect individuals and organizations through secure networking, content and data protection, access control and strong fingerprint security on PCs and mobile devices. AuthenTec encryption technology, fingerprint sensors and identity management software are deployed by the leading mobile device, networking and computing companies, content and service providers, and governments worldwide. AuthenTec's products and technologies provide security on hundreds of millions of devices, and the Company has shipped more than 100 million fingerprint sensors for integration in a wide range of portable electronics including over 15 million mobile phones. Top tier customers include Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Fujitsu, HBO, HP, Lenovo, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Orange, Samsung, Sky, and Texas Instruments. Learn more at authentec.com or follow us on twitter.com/authentecnews.