Solution Description
Authentication products are secure elements used to authenticate devices for brand protection, to secure connections to the cloud and remote servers, and to ensure platform integrity.
With superior ability to store and handle secrets, authentication products contribute to safeguarding a company’s image, reputation and revenues against cloning and theft, and ensure secure and trusted services.
Running on a CC EAL5+ platform, STSAFE-A is a highly secure authentication solution with security features certified by independent third parties. Its command set is tailored to ensure strong device authentication, monitor device usage, assist a nearby host secure channel establishment (TLS), and safeguard host platform integrity.
In our solution, the STSAFE-A110 secure element provides a unique identification with an X.509 certificate that ensures strict device authentication to prevent the counterfeiting of genuine peripherals and IoT devices.
As a companion chip to STM32 microcontrollers, the STSAFE-A110 is easily integrated into existing solutions especially thanks to the comprehensive STM32 development ecosystem.
ST recommends using an STM32L476RG, an ultra-low-power microcontroller based on the high-performance Arm® Cortex®-M4 32-bit RISC core operating at a frequency of up to 80 MHz. The Cortex-M4 core features a single-precision floating point unit (FPU) format which supports all Arm® single-precision data-processing instructions and data types. It also implements a full set of digital signal processor (DSP) instructions and a memory protection unit (MPU) which enhances application security.
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Key Product Benefits
STSAFEA-110 Secure element
The STSAFE-A110 is a highly secure solution that acts as a secure element providing authentication and secure data management services to a local or remote host. It consists of a full turnkey solution with a secure operating system running on the latest generation of secure microcontrollers.
- Unique ID and Strong authentication (compliant with UBS-C and QI)
- Secure channel establishment (TLS)
- Signature verification
- Decrement counter
- Secure data storage
- of customer secrets at secure ST factory
STM32L476RG Ultra-low-power microcontroller
With best-in-class ultra-low-power figures thanks to their high flexibility, STM32L476RG microcontrollers offer dynamic voltage scaling to balance power consumption with processing demand; low-power peripherals available in Stop mode; safety and security features; and a number of smart peripherals.
- Up to 1 Mbyte of Flash memory
- Rich set of low-power analog peripherals
- Numerous standard and advanced communication interfaces
- Wide variety of packages
- Part of our 10-year longevity commitment program
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All Features
- Provides an object or consumable with a unique identity
- Provides the certificates and the service to strictly authenticate consumables (ex. printer cartridges), peripherals (ex. cell phone accessories), as well as USB-C, Qi wireless charging and IoT device solutions
- Allows objects to exchange data securely by establishing a Transport Layer Security (TLS) connection
- Ensures the integrity of platforms via its software signature verification service for secure boot and secure firmware upgrades
- Comes pre-loaded from secure ST factory with customer X.509 certificates and signature key
- Can be preloaded with certificates compatible for device pre-attachment to Amazon AWS JIT and MSF Azure DPS
