SafeNet Announces New Multi-Gigabit Security IP Cores for System on Chip Designs; AES and SHA Security IP Enables Chip OEMs to Deliver Robust High-Speed Protection of Data at Rest and Data in Transit
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—April 3, 2006—
SafeNet, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFNT), setting the standard for
information security, today announced the availability of new silicon
IP cores that deliver the advanced levels of security mandated by new
industry standards and market requirements for improved protection of
data at rest and data in transit. With the new SafeXcel IP cores,
System on Chip (SoC) vendors can now build processors that support the
cryptographic algorithms LRW-AES, AES-GCM, SHA-384 and SHA-512,
allowing semiconductor vendors to build robust high-performance
security into next-generation SoCs.
"With the addition of popular high-speed security algorithms to
our award-winning security IP portfolio, SafeNet solidifies its
leadership position providing the best silicon-proven security IP for
SoC vendors," said Henk Pruim, vice president and general manager of
SafeNet's OEM Networking Division. "Most important to our IP customers
is that SafeNet delivers complete hardware and software security
systems, not just the hardware IP, to reduce project risk. With our
solutions, semiconductor OEMs are able to offer a complete high-value
security solution to their clients."
High-speed Encryption to Protect Data at Rest and Data in Transit
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) provides security and ensures
that data is kept confidential while at rest, for example on a hard
drive, and during transit from one computer to another. AES ciphers
are also used to ensure the data origin is coming from the intended
source. To address the market demand for integrated high-speed AES
crypto solutions, SafeXcel IP AES/GCM/LRW implements the new LRW-AES
and AES-GCM algorithms in one single product, together with the
widely-used AES feedback modes ECB, CBC, CTR, CFB, and OFB. SafeXcel
IP AES/GCM/LRW supports 128-bit, 192-bit, and 256-bit keys for maximum
protection and design flexibility.
Driven by the increasing need for high-speed protection of stored
data, the LRW-AES cipher is being proposed for the IEEE standard P1619
to enable robust hard disk and tape encryption, among other
applications. In addition to LRW-AES, SafeXcel IP AES/GCM/LRW also
includes the AES-GCM cipher, which has been designed to provide robust
confidentiality and data origin authentication. By allowing a
parallelizable authentication implementation, AES-GCM can be used for
transmission protocols that require ultra high-speed authenticated
encryption, such as protecting information at the data link layer
using IEEE 802.1AE security for Ethernet networks, or at the network
layer in IPsec ESP. SafeXcel IP configurations that support AES-GCM
authenticated encryption with a throughput of 4, 8, 21 and 42 Gbps are
available.
Ensuring Integrity of Data
Protecting the integrity of data ensures that information has not
been tampered with during transit from one computer or network element
to another. SHA is a popular algorithm for that purpose. The second
addition to SafeNet's SafeXcel IP product line is a new version of
SafeXcel IP MD5/SHA Accelerators, which offers any combination of the
secure hashing algorithms MD5, SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, and
SHA-512. With SHA-384 and SHA-512, even higher levels of hash security
are now offered for applications such as digital signatures, online
transactions and public key infrastructures. Various configurations of
SHA IP cores are available from SafeNet, with throughputs up to 3.5
Gbps.
SafeXcel IP offers the world's most comprehensive portfolio of
proven semiconductor security IP designs. All SafeXcel IP solutions
are available in various configurations to meet specific SoC
throughput, power, and gate count goals. For more information about
SafeNet's award-winning SafeXcel IP and QuickSec security software,
please visit http://www.safenet-inc.com/SafeXcel-IP.
SafeNet will be exhibiting at the Embedded System Conference in
San Jose, April 4-6 2006, at booth # 3215. The company will be
showcasing, for the first time, a complete hardware/software system
performance demo of the SafeXcel-5160 - the best priced high-speed
security processor in the industry.
About SafeNet, Inc.
SafeNet is a global leader in information security. Founded more
than 20 years ago, the company provides complete security utilizing
its encryption technologies to protect communications, intellectual
property and digital identities, and offers a full spectrum of
products including hardware, software, and chips. UBS, Nokia, Fujitsu,
Hitachi, ARM, Bank of America, NetGear, the Departments of Defense and
Homeland Security, Adobe, Samsung, Texas Instruments, the U.S.
Internal Revenue Service and scores of other customers entrust their
security needs to SafeNet. For more information, visit
www.safenet-inc.com
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Reform Act of 1995
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facts, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. These statements are subject to uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set
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Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to update information
concerning its expectations.
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