Joint security solution for IoT devices

G+D Mobile Security, Murata and STMicroelectronics have teamed up to integrate cost-effective security features into IoT devices. Available now for a wide range of applications and vertical markets, the companies’ joint solution aims to ensure integrity and confidentiality of the data exchanged and to allow the distribution of low-power wide area network (LPWAN) keys in a fully secure manner.

The number of devices connected to the internet is steadily increasing and often used in a broad range of critical systems. Non-cellular connectivity, such as through LoRaWAN, will play an important role in vital IoT applications. But non-secure devices in these important systems are an easy target for manipulation and attacks and therefore pose a serious risk to the application and, indeed, the whole infrastructure.

The solution developed by G+D, Murata and STMicroelectronics makes it easy to integrate security already at the device production facility, adding value to the product and protection to the IoT ecosystem in an efficient and convenient way. It consists of G+D’s Key Management System, which relies on an STSAFE-A secure element attached to an STM32 general-purpose microcontroller (both from ST), built into a compact LoRaWAN module designed by Murata.

“G+D Mobile Security is a technology leader in secure ID management, and it is only logical for us to extend our proven expertise in payment and telecommunication to the IoT market, where we can see an increasingly urgent need to secure the IoT ecosystem,” said G+D CEO Carsten Ahrens. “Our Key Management System can authenticate, manage and monitor an IoT device throughout its life cycle, and our partner solution with Murata and STMicroelectronics is an easy way for IoT device manufacturers to implement security.”

“It is very important to us to enable our customers to secure the IoT ecosystem,” said Akira Sasaki, general manager IoT Module Products at Murata. “This partner offering, developed with trusted security and technology experts like G+D Mobile Security and STMicroelectronics, addresses this requirement and shows that implementing security in the IoT can be easy, scalable and cost effective, to the benefit of our customers and the entire LoRaWAN IoT ecosystem.”

“ST is cooperating with G+D Mobile Security and Murata to offer LoRaWAN best-in-class secure solutions,” added Laurent Degauque, secure microcontroller marketing director, Microcontroller and Digital ICs Group at STMicroelectronics. “Based on highly secure hardware, our solution ensures integrity and confidentiality of any communication through secure handling and storage of the secrets.”

The joint offering forms the basis of a secure LoRaWAN ecosystem that provides end-to-end device security, easy onboarding and lifecycle management of the LoRaWAN module, easy network deployments and tracking, data privacy and integrity. It is now available for trials.