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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:DE'>Encryption Method by HGI is Becoming International Standard<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:DE'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:DE'>From Logistics to Medical Technology</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:DE'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Britta Scherer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PR und Marketing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Horst Görtz Institut für IT-Sicherheit<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ruhr-Universität Bochum<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>Raum ID 2 / 144<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>Telefon: +49 (0) 234 – 32 29 162<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>Fax: +49 (0) 234 - 32 14886<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.hgi.rub.de/"><span style='color:blue'>www.hgi.rub.de</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>