Kontron APPROTECT encryption framework

Kontron APPROTECT encrypts an application’s source code in a way that makes reverse engineering impossible, featuring copy protection, IP protection and protection from reverse engineering and tampering.

It is a combined hardware and software solution that includes an embedded hardware security chip on all new Kontron products and the software framework to provide full application protection. It is available either integrated in products starting with the 6th generation Intel Core and Intel Xeon processors and latest-generation Intel Atom, Intel Celeron and Intel Pentium processors, or by using an upgrade kit.

At application level, the Kontron Secure System concept relies on the APPROTECT hardware and software solution. It combines the software framework with an integrated security chip in addition to the TPM 2.0 (Trusted Platform Module) chip to provide comprehensive protection for the application software. Additionally, APPROTECT Licensing enables business models such as pay per use, time-based trial versions or enable/disable features, and adds a software management framework.