LICENSING THE CRYPTOFIREWALL™

For many systems the benefits of good security far outweigh the costs. For example, in pay television applications the CryptoFirewall™ only modestly increases the cost of a conditional access card and can avoid the expense and hassles of a swap-out. Similarly, in other industries, the ability to integrate effective tamper resistance onto existing silicon can provide significant cost and security benefits over conventional multi-chip or low-security approaches. Cryptography Research can even provide guarantees that the CryptoFirewall ™ will be effective through pricing and licensing terms that base our revenue on the technology’s success in solving customers’ security needs.

The cost of adding the CryptoFirewall™ varies depending on the features required and the size of the system. The primary cost elements include:

• Silicon integration: Fabrication facilities will charge for the additional customization involved in placing customized hardware on the die. These costs depend on the silicon vendor.
• Technology customization & licensing: Cryptography Research can offer a variety of pricing options to meet customers’ needs, including options in which payments are contingent on eliminating fraud, piracy, and other attacks.

For more information contact us at: cryptofirewall@cryptography.com