Pioneering Side Channel Resistance for PQC
We enable our customers to de-risk their development process with a comprehensive security strategy, rooted in the expertise of our world-class R&D team.
The strategy includes the use of PQShield’s dedicated SCA lab, as well as our unique definition of security levels (based on four real-world threat models), and a forward-looking certification roadmap, driving our product portfolio.
PQShield’s cutting-edge Side-Channel Analysis (SCA) test lab
- Validates the efficacy of our countermeasures
- Based on TVLA (ISO/IEC 17825)
- Implementation specific
Fully automated, continuous SCA testing
- Fully integrated into our IP development cycle (10s of TB/week)
- Daily/Weekly tests
Multi-level security profiles
- Different applications require different threat models
- PQShield products in 4 security levels to address all use cases
- Multiple papers currently published on SCA attacks and countermeasures for PQC. All our papers are available from our Publications section
| Grade | SCA | FIA | FIPS 140-3 CMVP | Common Criteria | SESIP | PSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud | Remote | None | SW Level 1 | EAL1 AVA_VAN.1 | 1 | 1 |
| Edge | Local | None | SW Level 2, HW Level 3 | EAL2 to 3, AVA_VAN.2 | 2 to 3 | 2 to 3 |
| Lab | Local | Local | SW Level 2, HW Level 3 | EAL2 to 3, AVA_VAN.2 | 2 to 3 | 2 to 3 |
| Government | Expert | Expert | SW Level 2, HW Level 4 | EAL4+ to 7, AVA_VAN.5 | 4 to 5 | n/a |
*For software libraries, micro-architectural attacks such as RowHammer, Spectre, Meltdown… may be applicable if the hardware platform is vulnerable to them
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