Certicom is unique today as a company that takes a true lifecycle approach to security. We equip developers with the Security Architecture to build security into their products, and with the ongoing Trust Infrastructure to maintain that security over the course of a product's lifetime.

We are the only solution provider to look at the entire product life-spectrum in an integrated fashion, providing the practical resources device manufacturers need to ensure end-to-end security.

The Certicom Trust Infrastructure allows device makers to securely manufacture and upgrade their products; it includes the Certicom ECC Certificate Utility for easily generating and installing ECC Certificates on servers, Certicom CodeSign for digitally signing code and firmware upgrades, and Certicom KeyInject to complement DRM systems.

The Certicom lifecycle approach

The Certicom Security Architecture employs a common API that accesses the fastest and strongest security available on a device, allowing developers to standardize on a single architecture across multiple chipsets.

The Certicom Security Architecture consists of a portable, modular set of software cryptographic providers that offer FIPS 140-2 validation and meet NSA guidelines for ECC and security services like SSL, IPSec, PKI, DRM and Embedded Trust Services (ETS). Board support packages (BSP) expose the cryptographic functionality available in hardware. This comprehensive, cross-platform security solution was specifically designed to address the requirements of markets such as government communications, mobility, DRM & conditional access, and enterprise software.

Components of the Architecture are unified by a common API that sits between the security services or applications and the cryptographic providers. The API accesses the fastest and/or strongest security available, whether it resides on the chipset or in the software cryptographic provider. By standardizing on a cryptographic API, manufacturers maximixe portability and code re-use in products with different chipsets.

• cost-effective software development and faster time-to-market
• easy migration from legacy crypto systems such as RSA, to today's standard for the public-key cryptography, ECC
• adherence to industry standards and stringent government security requirements, enabling access to new markets