

However, the process of integrating hardware security modules is highly complex and requires the creation of a second, independent software environment in the control unit. Special requirements relating to security apply here that are not congruent with the generally known demands of functional safety on software development.
Resorting to specific security expertise ensures that using an HSM does not negate the attainable gain in security. Using a turnkey software solution with well-defined interfaces makes the development complexity manageable by encapsulating the security functions, leaving the application developer free to concentrate on the main objective – ensuring ECU functionality.
ESCRYPT has extensive experience in the implementation and integration of hardware security modules through many industrial and research projects. Our security experts provide advice on choosing and integrating the hardware security modules into existing infrastructure and applications. In doing so, they place particular emphasis on customers’ individual system and process requirements.
ESCRYPT’s solution for the plug and play integration of hardware security modules is based on a comprehensive product portfolio: CycurHSM as a universal software stack for all implementations of an automotive HSM currently available on the market meets the demands for flexible HSM firmware. CycurHSM abstracts all different hardware implementations at the same time and makes them available for the relevant application under a single interface.