CryptoFirewall™ core enhances ExpressPlay™ and gives content
providers access to higher levels of security
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Rambus
Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) today announced that Intertrust®
Technologies Corporation, a leading provider of trusted computing
technologies, will integrate its CryptoFirewall™ advanced hardware
security cores with ExpressPlay™ cloud service. This integration enables
Intertrust to provide content distributors with an unprecedented level
of hardware security in compatible consumer devices. Smart 4K UHD TVs
are the first target devices for this integrated security solution.
"Security risks are pervasive, so it's important to have an extremely
robust and highly flexible security solution to protect digital rights,"
said Talal Shamoon, CEO at Intertrust Technologies. "The technologies
developed by the Cryptography Research team have an excellent reputation
for securing content, and the CryptoFirewall core complements and
reinforces our full range of cloud-based security solutions."
"As a leading digital TV software-based solution, Intertrust's
ExpressPlay is providing an important layer of the overall security
platform," said Paul Kocher, president and chief scientist of the Rambus
Cryptography Research division. "By integrating our hardware cores with
Marlin DRM, this solution can provide a robust, flexible, and
cost-effective foundation to more effectively protect content and
services from theft."
The CryptoFirewall core, developed by Cryptography Research, is a
self-contained ASIC security core that provides an ultra-secure hardware
key engine for content protection applications. The core is integrated
directly into leading SoCs used in TVs, set-top boxes, and other
devices, and provides ‘smart card within a chip' level end-point
security. The core is designed to protect cryptographic keys and
computations within a chip even if surrounding components are
compromised.
The CryptoFirewall core complements Marlin DRM and helps content
distributors meet MovieLab's Enhanced Content Protection specifications
for hardware root of trust. Intertrust jointly developed the
specifications for the open standard Marlin DRM system for consumer
devices and services with Samsung, Sony, Panasonic and Philips. Marlin
offers sophisticated copyright management for playing media content
distributed over mobile, broadband, broadcast and other distribution
channels. Marlin seamlessly ports licensed content across devices and
services in a consumer's home or personal domain and supports a large
and flexible set of business models for content distribution. Marlin is
deployed worldwide and is currently one of the fastest growing DRM
technologies in China.
Intertrust also operates ExpressPlay, a highly scalable cloud service
for content protection. The ExpressPlay
service provides a complete, ready-to-go Marlin DRM system with a
cloud service to easily manage content protection usage, and tools to
integrate Marlin into devices and distribution platforms. ExpressPlay
DRM supports many video formats including MPEG-DASH HLS, Smooth, and
MP4. These standards are important for reducing the cost of video
distribution and work with an increasing number of smart TV devices
running apps that combine broadcast TV content with the best of Internet
content. Intertrust operates ExpressPlay services in China and worldwide.
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About Cryptography Research
The Rambus Cryptography Research division specializes in embedded
security solutions. Our innovative technologies include tamper
resistance, content protection, network security, payment and
transaction services. Eight billion security products are made annually
with our security technology, and systems designed by our scientists and
engineers protect hundreds of billions of dollars in revenues every
year. Additional information is available at cryptography.com.
About Intertrust Technologies Corporation
Intertrust invents, develops, and delivers technologies for trusted
computing among leading global corporations from mobile and CE
manufacturers and service providers, to enterprise software platform
companies. Intertrust and its subsidiaries are also developing new trust
services for vertical markets related to consumer privacy, Internet
processing of DNA data, and smart grids. Intertrust also actively
creates and invests in ventures that extend its market vision. Current
and former portfolio companies include Personagraph,
Kabuto,
whiteCryption,
SyncTV,
Nest
Labs, Kiora,
and Planet
OS.
Founded in 1990 on a revolutionary vision to bring trust to operating
systems and open networks, Intertrust is based in Silicon Valley, with
regional offices in London and Beijing. The Company has a legacy of
invention, and its fundamental contributions in the areas of computer
security and digital trust are globally recognized. Intertrust holds
hundreds of patents that are key to Internet security, trust, and
privacy management components of operating systems, trusted mobile code
and networked operating environments, web services, and cloud computing.
Additional information is available at intertrust.com, or follow us on Twitter
or LinkedIn.
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 as
amended, including statements regarding the expected integration of
CryptoFirewall™ advanced hardware security cores with ExpressPlay™ cloud
service. These forward-looking statements are based on current
expectations, estimates, assumptions and projections that are subject to
change. Actual results may differ materially from the forward-looking
statements due to a variety of factors including, but not limited to,
risks and uncertainties described from time to time in Rambus's annual
report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Forms 10-Q and other periodic
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking
statements are made as of the date of this press release and Rambus does
not undertake to update any forward-looking statements based on new
developments or changes in expectations.
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