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STMicroelectronics and Prove & Run Provide Scalable Security Platform for IoT Devices

 

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Geneva, Switzerland and Paris, France - March 8, 2017 - STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, and Prove & Run, a provider of ultra-secure off-the-shelf software solutions for securing connected systems, announced today that they are demonstrating their joint scalable security platform for IoT (Internet of Things) devices at Embedded World, Nuremberg, March 14-16, 2017.
 
The platform combines Prove & Run's ProvenCore-MTM highly secure operating system with the advanced security capabilities of ST's STM32L4(TM) microcontrollers (MCU), and its Common Criteria -certified STSAFETM-A100 secure element. The platform covers the full range of IoT security needs, from the most basic to the highest level of security requirements with Common Criteria -certified parts.
 
The new security platform eases the creation of highly secure IoT products, allowing customers to concentrate on the development of the functional part of their application. Product developers without any special skills in security will benefit from already validated and proven security services, including application isolation, secure boot, secure firmware update, and key-storage resistant to physical attacks.
 
The platform components include:
 

 

 

 
The ST/Prove&Run platform will be showcased on ST's booth (Hall 4A/138) at Embedded World 2017 in Nuremberg, March 14-16, in a robotic demo that highlights the solution robustness, its RTOS capabilities, as well as the secure boot and secure application update.
 
 
Technical Notes to Editors:
 
The combination of ProvenCore-M running inside the STM32L4 with the external features of the STSAFE-A100 provides a scalable level of security:
The ProvenCore-M RTOS delivers the market-unique level of security by enforcing strict isolation between each application, relying on the STM32L4 hardware mechanisms. It guarantees proper system behavior, even in case of bugs or attacks, and strict integrity and confidentiality of the assets of each task. It also allows the control of which peripheral can be accessed by each application, thus limiting the attack surface of existing drivers, and ensuring platform stability by detecting a denial of service and unresponsive application that can be relaunched automatically.
 
The STSAFE-A100 completes the STM32L4 and ProvenCore-M platform by providing a tamper-proof device with secure storage and cryptographic coprocessor to execute secure boot, firmware updates, and ProvenCore-M applications, e.g. TLS key storage and negotiations. The high level of resistance to attacks, including physical ones, of the STSAFE-A100 guarantees that the most sensitive secrets of the platform are safe from divulgation or cloning. The protection provided by the STSAFE-A100 against physical attacks, fault injection, and side channel attacks is very effective. By enforcing direct and exclusive control of the STSAFE-A100, ProvenCore-M is capable of enforcing strict usage of its secrets and of preventing any malicious usage by MCU applications, such as when a low-level driver may serve as an entry point for attack due to internal bugs.
 
About STMicroelectronics 
ST is a global semiconductor leader delivering intelligent and energy-efficient products and solutions that power the electronics at the heart of everyday life. ST's products are found everywhere today, and together with our customers, we are enabling smarter driving and smarter factories, cities and homes, along with the next generation of mobile and Internet of Things devices. By getting more from technology to get more from life, ST stands for life.augmented.
In 2016, the Company's net revenues were $6.97 billion, serving more than 100,000 customers worldwide. Further information can be found at www.st.com.
 
About Prove & Run 
Prove & Run's mission is to help its customers resolve the security challenges linked to the large-scale deployment of connected devices and of the Internet of Things by providing cost effective off-the-shelf software solutions that dramatically improve the level of security of connected systems so as to protect them against remote cyber-attacks. Further information can be found at www.provenrun.com.
 
For more information please contact:

STMicroelectronics
Michael Markowitz
Director, Technical Media Relations
Michael.Markowitz@st.com +1-781-591-0354
 
Prove & Run Christophe PAGEZY
Co-CEO christophe.pagezy@provenrun.com

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