Trustonic joins RISC-V for hardware security solutions

Pioneering cybersecurity business, Trustonic, has announced its new membership of RISC-V International to provide increased access to hardware-backed security.

Established in 2010, RISC-V International is the non-profit home of the open standard RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture (ISA), related specifications, and stakeholder community. 

Advanced technology systems

RISC-V enables its growing community to develop custom processors for a variety of applications

Now boasting more than 4,500 members across 70 different countries, RISC-V enables its growing community to develop custom processors for a variety of applications, from embedded designs to supercomputers.

Established in 2012, Trustonic delivers advanced technology systems to drive innovation, protect revenue, and enhance security for device manufacturers worldwide.

RISC-V security standards

Through its advanced Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) Kinibi, Trustonic successfully protects 2.5 billion connected devices and counts the world’s leading automotive manufacturers, financial institutions, and mobile operators as its customers.

In announcing its new membership of RISC-V, Trustonic can now support the community with hardware-backed security for chip design and manufacture.

Aside from providing access to a proven, pre-integrated Secure OS solution underpinned by Kinibi, this new membership will enable the RISC-V community to adhere to the forthcoming RISC-V security standards for A class deployments, set to be announced in the near future.

Standards for hardware-backed security

Trustonic can now support the ward with hardware-backed security for chip design and manufacturing

Andrew Till, General Manager of Secure Platform for Trustonic, confirmed: “I am delighted share that we have joined the RISC-V community. RISC-V has built up tremendous momentum over the last decade and we see many of our customers actively planning to embrace RISC-V solutions."

"By becoming a member and working together on the standards for hardware-backed security we will be able to ensure that silicon vendors and device OEMs alike can implement advanced security measures knowing that their investments will be based on open standards for the long-term."

RISC-V support

Andrew Till added: "By adding RISC-V support to our existing ARM solutions, we are, we can provide our customers with the freedom to select the platform that is right them while being able to leverage and re-use all their existing investments in our Kinibi Secure OS platform."

"This is something the team and I are incredibly excited about as Trustonic continues its journey a pioneering, global force in embedded security.”

Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, Trustonic was initially created from a joint venture between ARM, Thales, and G&D.