[HGI-news-int] Encryption Method by HGI is Becoming International Standard

Thu Feb 23 08:40:32 CET 2012

Encryption Method by HGI is Becoming International Standard

An increasing number of everyday devices such as car keys, smart phones and
even medical implants need protection from hackers. The encryption method
PRESENT is the smallest cipher for such cost and energy constrained
applications. It is the result of a collaboration between the
Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany), Orange Labs France and the Technical
University of Denmark. The cipher design is characterized by its hardware
efficiency which makes it even applicable in health insurance cards or
RFID-labels (substitute for bar codes). Because the cipher combines low
costs with a particularly high level of security it is becoming an
international standard now.

>From Logistics to Medical Technology

The adoption of the cipher by the “International Organization for
Standardization (ISO)” is considered a major approval by the designers. “For
several years there has been a growing demand by industry for building
blocks, which aren't only offering excellent security, but are cost
efficient. PRESENT is the first cipher which was developed especially for
this purpose. It provides security at costs of less than one cent”, says
Prof. Christof Paar (Chair for Embedded Security). PRESENT has won the
German IT-Security Award in 2010 and will be used in logistics, in vehicles
and machines and in medical technologies within the next years. It is widely
considered a successful example of IT security made in Germany.

Britta Scherer

PR und Marketing

Horst Görtz Institut für IT-Sicherheit

Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Raum ID 2 / 144

Telefon: +49 (0) 234 – 32 29 162

Fax: +49 (0) 234 - 32 14886

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