Imagine if the blueprints for your smart home devices were secret, making it impossible to know if there's a hidden back door for hackers. This work creates a transparent 'recipe book' for building chips and software that anyone can verify for safety. It's like moving from a locked black box to a glass box where every security bolt is visible and tested.
IoT devices often rely on closed-source components that are opaque and lack verifiable security, making them vulnerable to attacks and difficult to audit.
An open-source RISC-V processor with attack countermeasures, formally verifiable cryptographic hardware blocks, and secure communication protocols.
If you are a medical implant manufacturer dealing with life-critical security risks — this project developed a Trusted Life Cycle and formally verifiable hardware blocks that ensure devices cannot be maliciously tampered with.
If you are an IIoT sensor provider dealing with opaque supply chains and security audits — this project developed hardware-augmented testing techniques and a RISC-V processor with attack countermeasures to prove your hardware is secure.
If you are a connected car component supplier dealing with data privacy in transit — this project developed secure intra-device and inter-device communication protocols to protect sensitive vehicle data.
Based on available project data, specific pricing for the resulting tools is not mentioned, but the project aims to reduce costs associated with essential security and privacy requirements in constrained devices.
The project targets TRL4, meaning it provides research prototypes. While designed for industrial IoT and critical infrastructure, it is currently at the prototype stage rather than full industrial scale.
The project focuses on open-source implementations, including an open-source RISC-V processor and cryptographic building blocks, implying an open-licensing model for the deliverables.
By providing a Trusted Life Cycle and formal verification of security properties, the project helps companies provide auditable evidence of security for policy makers and standardization bodies.
The project provides a user guide and executable examples to help users reuse the delivery artefacts and reproduce results.
The consortium is heavily industry-driven with a 71% industry ratio, comprising 5 industrial partners (including 4 SMEs) and 2 universities. This mix suggests a strong focus on practical application and commercial viability, supported by a European semiconductor company and partners across 6 countries.
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