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Enova Technology Launches Quantum Resistant Single Chip Solution

Hsin-Chu Science Park, Taiwan, December 13, 2024 – Building on its heritage of 20+ years expertise in real-time cryptographic chip design and solutions, Enova Technology announced today the availability of the Quantum Resistant (QR) Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) solution based on the FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validated single chip crypto module – X-Wall MX+ xF/QR that supports stateful hash-based eXtended Merkle Signature Scheme (XMSS) and multi-tree XMSS (XMSS^MT) DSA. The X-Wall MX+ xF/QR solution can address identification and authentication of user and device through the XMSS and XMSS^MT DSA while protecting CUI (Controlled Unclassified Information) confidentiality and privacy through the built-in hardware AES 256-bit accelerator.

“The solution marks the vanguard of our PQC chip roadmap,” said Robert Wann, founder and CEO of Enova Technology. “Leveraging years of accumulated experience in system architecture and system security engineering, this real-time cryptographic chip and solution helps the US federal government, defense, aerospace, law enforcement, healthcare, and industrial customers secure their sensitive data, like CUI. The solution is immediately available for qualified companies and organizations evaluation.”

Immediate Transition to Quantum Resistant Encouraged
NSA (National Security Agency) encourages vendors to begin adopting NIST SP 800-208 DSA immediately through the issuance of CNSA Suite 2.0 (Commercial National Security Algorithm) advisory. For deployed software and firmware, NSA recommends that the timing for transitioning to CNSA 2.0 should begin immediately with new software and firmware signing being CNSA 2.0 compliance by 2025. Continued progress in quantum research suggests that Cryptographically Relevant Quantum Computers (CRQC) will ultimately be realized. Therefore, NSA suggests that now is the time to plan, prepare, and budget for an effective transition to quantum-resistant (QR) algorithms, to ensure continued protection of National Security Systems (NSS) and related assets.

In addition, National Security Memorandum 10 (NSM-10) establishes the year 2035 as the primary target for completing the migration to PQC across Federal systems: “Any digital system that uses existing public standards for public-key cryptography, or that is planning to transition to such cryptography, could be vulnerable to an attack by a relevant quantum computer.”

Armed with the FIPS validated security strength, the stateful hash-based XMSS/XMSS^MT of the X-Wall MX+ xF/QR can successfully address the software and firmware code signing with minimum impact to performance and adoption, and can effectively mitigate roll-back and side-channel attacks, among other threats. Pursuant to NIST Internal Report IR 8547 “Transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards”, quantum vulnerable Public Key Cryptography (PKC) based digital signature algorithms such as ECDSA, EdDSA, and RSA with 112-bit security strength will be deprecated after 2030 and disallowed after 2035.

Other Use Cases
User Authentication and Constrained Devices – User and device authentication can be cryptographically verified through the stateful hash-based XMSS/XMSS^MT of the X-Wall MX+ xF/QR. Armed with the hardware-protected entropy source, bit strength, and state management capabilities, the solution well serves those constrained devices and equipment with long service lifetimes.
Long-term Confidentiality & Privacy – the stateful hash-based XMSS/XMSS^MT of the X-Wall MX+ xF/QR when collaborating with the built-in hardware AES 256-bit engine can provide quantum resistant protection to all long-term sensitive data.

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