Bristol, UK, 16 March 2015 –T&VS, a leader in software test and hardware verification
solutions, and Embedded Security Solutions, a specialist embedded security consultancy, today
announced a strategic partnership to provide asureSECURE a complete security
solution from hardened SoC to software applications.
For hardware, T&VS brings to the
partnership its proven expertise in verification and a track record of having
successfully executed complex end-to-end verification projects for some of the
leading semiconductor chip providers across the globe. ESS brings to the partnership many years of embedded
security experience, firmly grounded in the semiconductor industry and the
development of complex SoC devices. ESS offers a world-class security
architecture capability providing specifications at SoC and hardware IP level
as well as product review services. TVS also brings expertise in both software
testing and application security where TVS helps clients to develop secure
applications and then test them to demonstrate they are secure.
The T&VS and ESS partnership is
aimed at addressing the needs of semiconductor chip vendors and product
manufacturers who are today facing increasing demands to adopt a stronger
system wide security approach and need proven and reliable solutions capable of
passing a variety of certifications. The joint expertise will help chip vendors
and product manufacturers achieve first-pass silicon success reduce
time-to-market, address the requirements of emerging market segments like IoT
(Internet of Things) and systematically tackle the complexities introduced by
increasingly demanding security requirements.
“T&VS and ESS have proven
capabilities to execute SoC verification and security implementation turnkey
projects respectively. The T&VS-ESS combination leverages this expertise to
provide a full SoC implementation
solution, The TVS software test and security expertise allows the partnership
to offer full product security.” stated Mike Bartley, T&VS Founder and CEO.
Paul Elliott, Founder and Director,
ESS Bristol said, “By offering a comprehensive security specification, design,
review and testing service, the T&VS-ESS partnership
helps chip vendors and product manufacturers enter markets with security
requirements that have a steep learning curve and avoid mistakes in the
security domain that are much more costly to remedy.”
About T&VS
About ESS
ESS(Embedded Security Solutions Ltd)
is a consultancy business drawing on over 40 years of collective experience in
the semiconductor industry defining leading edge deep sub-micron system-on-chip
(SoC) architectures. ESS specializes in securing embedded platforms for
consumer products.
ESS provides services to
organizations developing complex SoC based systems that require embedded
hardware security and offers a comprehensive security requirements analysis and
architectural specification service. Such organisations use ESS to bring expertise that is often not
available in house, speed development and avoid costly mistakes. In addition ESS
offers a security evaluation service and can perform a comprehensive review of
your product against a target threat model. ESS will work closely with your
development teams to support implementation and ensure first time silicon
success, ESS services include onsite/offshore support.
