The foundation of the Certicom Security Architecture is the Security Builder® API™. It provides the means by which applications access various cryptographic providers and abstracts away the differences among cryptographic providers without requiring significant code changes. This means that changing providers or chipsets requires only changes in linkage to the application, and not drastic recoding to the application itself.

The API enables the addition of cryptographic support from a variety of Certicom-supported cryptographic providers to an application. These providers include:

Security Builder® Crypto™
cross-platform cryptographic module

Security Builder® GSE™
FIPS 140-2 Validated cryptographic module

Security Builder® NSE™
security module for mission-critical national security applications

Security Builder® MCE™
software cryptographic module for microcontroller devices

Security Builder® BSP™
board support package for optimized hardware security

Security Builder API
meet suite B requirements and achieve FIPS validation in hours

Hardware IP Cores
Cores to implement crypto in hardware for performance
and security benefits