Tamper resistance requirements
Defense systems must resist physical and logical attacks in hostile environments.
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Defense & Government
Hardened cryptographic solutions for mission-critical systems with long lifecycle requirements. QCIM provides crypto agility and tamper resistance essential for systems operating in contested environments.
- Security level
- High (EAL5+)
- Recommended
- Hardened RoT
- Use case
- MLS Systems
- Lifecycle
- 20+ yr
Industry challenges
What this industry has to solve.
Crypto agility across evolving standards
Systems must adapt to new cryptographic standards without hardware replacement.
Long lifecycle systems (20+ years)
Military platforms require security that remains viable for decades.
Multi-level security isolation
Secure processing of information at multiple classification levels.
QCIM fit
How QCIM solves it.
QCIM provides the crypto agility and tamper resistance essential for long-lived defense systems operating in contested environments.
Hardware-based anti-tamper and side-channel resistance combined with algorithm updates via signed firmware enable standards evolution without silicon respins.
Multiple isolated security domains support multi-level security applications. Designed for extended lifecycle without silicon respins — hardware boundaries stable across 20+ year deployments.
Security requirements
The envelope this industry needs.
Anti-tamper
Physical and logical tamper detection and response with active shield and environmental sensors.
DPA resistance
Side-channel attack countermeasures with selectable masking levels for hostile-environment deployment.
Secure boot
Cryptographically verified boot chain with hardware-anchored measurement.
Key zeroization
Immediate key destruction on tamper detection. Hardware-enforced response paths.
Relevant certifications
Standards aligned to this industry
FIPS 140-3
Level 3/4 cryptographic module certification
Common Criteria
EAL5+ security evaluation
NSA CSfC
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