STMicroelectronics certifies cryptographic library for microcontrollers

Semiconductor company STMicroelectronics has successfully certified its cryptographic library for STM32 microcontrollers according to the US Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program (CAVP), helping quickly customers prove the security of their products quickly.

An extension to the STM32Cube software package, the X-CUBE-CRYPTOLIB library is ready for use in security-conscious STM32-based applications including IoT devices, point-of-sale terminals, smart meters, access-control systems and fingerprint modules. CAVP certification removes the burden of algorithm validation and allows OEMs seeking US Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) approval to submit their products directly for security testing.

The cryptographic library includes all the major security algorithms for encryption, hashing, message authentication and digital signing, enabling developers to satisfy application requirements for any combination of data integrity, confidentiality, identification/authentication and non-repudiation. The library includes firmware as well as hardware-acceleration functions for some STM32 families.

The approved algorithms are AES, RSA, ECDSA, SHS, DRBG and HMAC. Full details are available online at the NIST CSRC Algorithm Validation Lists webpage.

The X-CUBE-CRYPTOLIB for STM32 is available free of charge under the terms of ST’s Software License Agreement (SLA0048).