DeepCover Encryption Controller 'MAXQ1061', Accelerating Design with Cryptographic Toolbox

Maxim Integrated Korea (CEO Choi Hun-jung) has announced the DeepCover encryption controller 'MAXQ1061' that implements turnkey security for connected devices.

Using MAXQ1061, enterprises can increase reliability in designing industrial Internet of Things (IoT) and connected embedded systems while bringing products to market more quickly.

Through the MAXQ1061 with Common Criteria EAL4+ certification, enterprises can rapidly integrate security into their products and protect network endpoints. As a turnkey security solution, there is no need to develop separate firmware, reducing time to market. MAXQ1061 provides a comprehensive cryptographic toolbox that meets various security requirements including key generation and storage, digital signatures, and SSL/TLS/DTLS encryption. It also supports secure boot for most host processors.

The MAXQ1061 features a user-programmable 32KB secure EEPROM for storing certificates, public keys, private/secret keys, and user-defined data. The EEPROM is managed with a flexible file system enabling execution of customized security policies.

The EEPROM's cryptographic algorithms include ECC (up to NIST P-521), ECDSA signature generation and verification, SHA-2 (up to SHA-512) secure hashing, AES-128/-256 supporting ECB, CBC, and CCM (CBC-MAC) modes, and MAC digest. The MAXQ1061 provides a separate hardware AES engine supporting AES-GCM and AES-ECB modes over SPI. This enables rapid stream encryption implementation through offloading the host processor.

Christophe Tremlet, Senior Business Manager for Embedded Security at Maxim Integrated, stated, "The comprehensive cryptographic capabilities of MAXQ1061, which provides security functions in the hardware itself, satisfy the core security requirements of future embedded systems," and "Customers using MAXQ1061 will have trusted devices that not only guarantee system integrity and authenticity but also protect communications."

Ernie Rudolph, Senior Vice President of Icon Labs, said, "MAXQ1061 provides ideal hardware security that enhances Icon Labs' small firewall appliance 'Floodgate Defender Appliance' software solution. This enables customers to protect existing equipment easily and cost-effectively."

As cyber attacks on connected infrastructure increase, security has become an essential element in system design. In a recent survey by Electronic Design, a U.S. electronics design publication, 60% of 2,200 electronics engineers said security is very important in their products, and 96% answered that security is as important as or more important than their products.

Designed to withstand extreme industrial environments, the MAXQ1061 operates across the widest temperature range compared to similar products, from minus 40 degrees Celsius to plus 109 degrees Celsius, and is available in a TSSOP-14 package. The evaluation kit (MAXQ1061-KIT#) is available after signing a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). Detailed information, images, and block diagrams for the MAXQ1061 can be found on the Maxim website.

Maxim will showcase the MAXQ1061 and various embedded security products at 'TRUSTECH', a global trust and security solutions exhibition held in Paris, France from November 29 through December 1. The Maxim booth is located at Palais 01 D 043. For more information, visit the Maxim website.