A new global law requiring stricter cybersecurity requirements for everything from IoT appliances to critical infrastructure will take effect in 2024. From a product and supply chain perspective, complying with these new security regulations is complex, costly, and time-consuming.

Microchip Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHP) today announced the availability of its new PIC32CK 32-bit microcontroller (MCU) family, providing developers with embedded security solutions that enable them to more easily develop applications that comply with increasingly stringent security regulations.

This family features an Arm Cortex-M33 core with an integrated hardware security module (HSM) subsystem and TrustZone technology to isolate and secure the device.

The PIC32CK SG family of 32-bit devices combines the robust security of a hardware-based security environment, TrustZone technology, with the robust security of an HSM. This highlights Microchip's latest technology for mid-range MCUs, providing developers with cost-effective embedded security solutions that comply with the latest cybersecurity regulations.

It provides a high level of security for authentication, secure debugging, secure boot, and secure updates, including HSMs, and TrustZone technology provides an additional level of protection for key software functions. The HSMs support a wide range of symmetric and asymmetric cryptographic standards, true random number generation, and secure key management.

Microchip's PIC32CK MCUs are designed to comply with ISO 26262 functional safety and ISO/SAE 21434 cybersecurity standards. The PIC32CK MCU family offers a variety of options, including up to 2 MB of dual-panel Flash, 512 KB of SRAM, and 10/100 Ethernet, CAN FD, and USB.

For product supply chains requiring additional security and safeguards, such as industrial designs, medical devices, home appliances, and consumer electronics IoT devices, the PIC32CK offers Microchip's Trust Platform Design Suite for provisioning-as-a-service. This platform enables secure factory provisioning of keys, certificates, and IP without exposing them anywhere in the supply chain.

“New regulations are mandating security for most IoT connected devices,” said Rod Drake, vice president of Microchip’s 32-bit MCU/MPU business unit. “The PIC32CK provides a high level of hardware-based security in a cost-effective manner for mid-range microcontroller applications.”