Intro

The AES UC-DPA-FIA IP Core belongs to the FortiCrypt product family. Like all the FortiCrypt product family members, this IP provides the highest DPA resistance level, while using a very low number of standard digital gates.

This is a unique solution in the market since its gate count is the lowest in the market (starting from 12K gates).

The AES UC-DPA-FIA IP Core, as well as all the FortiCrypt products, is based on RAMBAM - the next-generation purely algorithmic, implementation-agnostic protection scheme of AES. It is designed to provide the highest level of protection against side-channel attacks (SCA) and fault injection attacks (FIA) including SIFA.

The RAMBAM protection scheme utilizes masking methods based on finite field arithmetic that implement attack resistance without incurring extra latency costs.

The core protection mechanism was verified using the rigorous Test Vector Leakage Assessment (TVLA) test at 1B traces, both by FortifyIQ and by a third-party Common Criteria lab. Resistance to attacks was validated analytically and on a physical device. The cores are fully synthesizable and do not require custom cells or special place & route handling.