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Kryptor is a professional FPGA development board designed with encryption in mind, and capable of offering all the functionalities of a dedicated Hardware Security Module (HSM) when running our soft-core within a single compact Intel/Altera MAX10 FPGA chip. Kryptor, using a verifiable HSM soft-core, brings a professional European encryption solution to the IoT developer and maker communities with an easy plug-and-play module.
Kryptor eliminates all SW based encryption functionalities (replaced by HW based ones) and also avoids using any Operating System (OS) - reducing the options for potential surface attacks (virus’, malware injection and bug exploits).
Both RAM and flash memory circuits are all self contained within the FPGA surface, which provides a safer architecture compared to the usage of external chips, each of which, in turn would need to be physically secured.
One of the main strengths and competitive advantages we offer is the verifiability of the entire implementation, which makes use of well-known and proven open source encryption primitives and the adoption of open hardware.
The security of any encryption solution cannot rely on blind trust for a certain chip manufacturer. Rather, trust must be earned - which is why we’re making our files available for review by completely independent third party companies for review and analysis. While in most commercial cases you are not allowed to access the detailed schematics of, for example, an encryption ASIC commercial chip, in our approach we want to be transparent and let independent third parties get access to all our technologies and documents to make sure there is no back-doors or hidden elements. We also value very much our identity and location, being a European company with the intent to design and produce as much as possible all within Europe (we also assemble and test all our boards inside the European borders).
These functions are made available when using Kryptor and the HSM soft-core - all of which are implemented in Verilog inside the FPGA):
up to 4 encryption streams
faster on up to 4 encryption streams
—-> Please note: for security reasons the private keys (from any asymmetric key pair) cannot be extracted.
To make Kryptor easy to use for IoT developers and makers, we also provide a free and easy-to-use API for Linux (e.g. compatible with Raspberry Pi), which lets almost anyone start working with Kryptor in mere minutes. We also provide an Arduino library. See our demos and technical documentation for more details.
We have made an API for Linux/Raspberry Pi and Arduino.
In these pictures you can see how simple it is to interact with our HSM using a RPi (connected via SPI) through the simple command line interface.
Please also note that due to the import/export legislation regulating all the products which include data encryption capabilities, we are delivering to your door the Kryptor product without the encryption soft-cores pre-installed.
All Kryptor owners will have the option to download the HSM soft-core, free of charge, directly from us at skudo.tech along with all the instructions to easily flash it into their own FPGA Krypto boards.
Of course, all Kryptor board owners are free to use the board in any other way they prefer and they are not forced to use it only with the encryption soft-core. Owners can use the Kryptor board as a development board with their own soft-core and make use of the secure and professional MAX10 FPGA. And the HSM soft-core may be uploaded at any time.
For feedback, comments and questions you are welcome to contact us at:
Twitter: @SkudoTech
Reddit: u/Skudo_HSM
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We are happy to announce that our new updated Kryptor 1.4 is now out of the factory and things are moving ahead fast. The board has been produced in Belgium and we are very satisfied with the results. Read the full update.
Time has been flying since our previous post, but we are ready to share some really good news with you. In our last post, we mentioned some of the changes we planned to make on the Kryptor board. We are happy to say we have accomplished all of that and much more. Read on to see how the new improvements will benefit you. Read the full update.
To keep everyone current with the project's progress, we have written this quick update. It covers what we have been working on since our last post, in addition to getting ready to launch our Kryptor product on Crowd Supply. Read the full update.