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Keysight Introduces New Testing Capabilities to Strengthen Post-Quantum Cryptography

By: via Business Wire
  • Industry-first testing capabilities addresses the demand for improved security in the post-quantum era
  • Enables device and chip vendors to identify and fix hardware vulnerabilities in the design cycle
  • Supports testing of the latest post-quantum cryptography algorithms as selected by NIST

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), has announced an industry-first automated solution designed to test the robustness of post-quantum cryptography (PQC). This latest addition to Keysight Inspector is a notable expansion of the comprehensive platform that helps device and chip vendors identify and fix hardware vulnerabilities.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240430030207/en/

The new Keysight Inspector, from the recent Riscure acquisition, enables device and chip vendors to identify and fix hardware vulnerabilities in the design cycle. (Photo: Business Wire)

The new Keysight Inspector, from the recent Riscure acquisition, enables device and chip vendors to identify and fix hardware vulnerabilities in the design cycle. (Photo: Business Wire)

Quantum computing is designed to substantially accelerate complex calculations. This development will inevitably threaten existing encryption technologies. Algorithms like RSA and ECC, proven and robust in the current conventional computing era, could be easily circumvented. As the industry looks to remain resilient both now and in the future, this means developing new PQC encryption algorithms. This will be important for applications where encrypted data is captured on the assumption it can be decrypted later. However, new technologies assumed to be resilient against post-quantum attacks may be vulnerable to existing hardware-based attack methods.

Keysight Inspector, part of the company’s recently acquired device security research and test lab Riscure, addresses this challenge. The Keysight Inspector device security testing platform can now be used to test the implementations of the Dilithium algorithm, one of the PQC algorithms selected by NIST. For adopters of this algorithm in hardware, this allows designers to verify that products are secure against these threats. The test solution will also be necessary for government institutions and security test labs that want to verify the strength of third-party products.

With ongoing standardization, Keysight expects dozens of new security algorithms to become available for multiple applications and industries. Ultimately, these algorithms will need verifiable implementations. Keysight will provide the necessary test tooling in addition to certification services through Keysight Inspector.

In addition, Keysight Inspector can also test the chips and analyze the silicon design before implementation by simulating the hardware code pre-silicon. Riscure has been working with PQShield, the leading developer of PQC solutions, to conduct both pre- and post-silicon analyses of their products.

Dr Axel Poschmann, Vice President of Product at PQShield, said: “Keysight will help us verify the robustness of our implementations at an early stage. Building on our original work with Riscure within the Keysight portfolio is exciting and we are looking forward to continuing this journey.”

Marc Witteman, Director of the Device Security Research Lab at Keysight, said: “Post-quantum resilience does not guarantee total security. We have observed incidents when the latest post-quantum encryption technology suffers from hardware-based threats. With this technology being implemented at a larger scale, the need for comprehensive testing becomes apparent. We are addressing this need by adding post-quantum algorithm testing capability to the Keysight Inspector solution, our comprehensive device security testing platform.”

Keysight will provide live demonstrations of the Keysight Inspector hacking a PQC implementation running on a popular processor at booth 4418 during the upcoming RSA Conference in San Francisco.

About Keysight Technologies

At Keysight (NYSE: KEYS), we inspire and empower innovators to bring world-changing technologies to life. As an S&P 500 company, we're delivering market-leading design, emulation, and test solutions to help engineers develop and deploy faster, with less risk, throughout the entire product life cycle. We're a global innovation partner enabling customers in communications, industrial automation, aerospace and defense, automotive, semiconductor, and general electronics markets to accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world. Learn more at Keysight Newsroom and www.keysight.com.

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