INSIDE Secure achieves new level of security for enterprise applications in smartphones
January 2014 by Emmanuelle Lamandé
INSIDE Secure announces it has upgraded its SafeZone FIPS software cryptographic module to improve security for a broad array of smart connected devices.
INSIDE’s enhanced SafeZone cryptographic software enables developers to build FIPS 140-2 certified applications for Trusted Execution Environments (TEE) based on ARM TrustZone(R) frameworks. Now able to operate in a Trustonic <t(TM)-base TEE, the SafeZone FIPS cryptography module, together with SafeZone security toolkits for protecting content, data at rest and data in motion, provides the high level of assurance needed to allow smart connected devices to perform high-value transactions with trust for the mobile enterprise, mobile banking and payments or entertainment and premium content service applications.
A TEE isolates sensitive operations on smart connected devices from the standard, general-purpose, operating system, providing a safer execution environment for these applications to run within. TEEs have already been deployed in more than 100 million devices. Many popular smartphones now incorporate TEE technology.
INSIDE has worked in close cooperation with Trustonic to ensure that its SafeZone FIPS cryptography module and toolkits integrate with the Trustonic <t-base TEE to provide FIPS- compliant operations within that framework for smart connected devices.
FIPS 140-2 certification has become globally recognized as providing a sufficient level of security for a broad range of high-value applications. It is being widely adopted around the world for commercial, government and defence applications.