STMicroelectronics STSAFE-A100 secure element

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STMicroelectronics has announced a strong, yet easy-to-use secure element to protect connected devices in the consumer and industrial Internet of Things (IoT) and to prevent cloning or copying of genuine products by ensuring authenticity. Certified to high security industry standards, the STSAFE-A100 can be designed-in by developers without specialist security expertise due to a comprehensive support ecosystem.

The secure turnkey solution brings the company’s expertise in electronic security for applications such as banking, e-commerce and identity protection to the IoT. As a secure element that provides authentication services and can be used in conjunction with an ordinary microcontroller, it features an embedded secure operating system and is certified to Common Criteria EAL5+, banking-level security-industry standards.

The product delivers a certified solution for state-of-the-art security in IoT and brand protection, presenting an alternative over existing approaches like software-based security running on a general-purpose microcontroller or an uncertified crypto-companion IC. Seamless integration puts security at the heart of the product and frees developers to focus on maximising added value at the application level.

ST has made design-in of its secure element easy for users by providing a complete ecosystem that includes an expansion board with Arduino headers, a microcontroller library and reference implementations. These simplify the attachment of the element to a microcontroller.

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