nQrux® Secure Boot enhances system security by enabling quantum-secure authenticated boot, crucial for verifying the authenticity and integrity of binary images during the processor boot sequence. The protection is rooted in a hybrid digital signature scheme that utilises both ECDSA and ML-DSA. ML-DSA signatures are designed to counter threats from quantum computing, while ECDSA provides a reliable fallback to guard against potential vulnerabilities in the newer quantum-resistant algorithms.
Xiphera's nQrux® Secure Boot is implementable across FPGA and ASIC-based systems and incorporates a process-agnostic design approach.
This IP core is an essential solution for securing systems against both contemporary and emerging cryptographic threats, ensuring that only fully authenticated software is executed during system startups.
Video Demo of the Post-Quantum Cryptography - nQrux® Secure Boot - Quantum-Secure Authenticated Boot (PQC)
The trust in a computing platform’s operation is established during its power-up, when essential components such as the operating system and critical parameters are loaded. If this power-up sequence – also known as boot sequence – is not secured, the entire computing platform may be compromised.
In this webinar, we review how hardware-based cryptographic mechanisms can be used to secure the boot process of a computing platform. We will discover how the confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity of the boot process can be secured with post-quantum secure boot.