This partnership is to implement IoT-SAFE to leverage the Hardware Root-of-Trust of any SIM with native access to quantum-safe technology for the first time.
This is seen as radically changing the way enterprises can use SIM, eSIMs or iSIMs as a viable and available solution that works in tandem with Crypto Quantique’s solution to fully secure connections for authentication, encryption and service acceleration.
The announcement comes at a time when enterprises are looking to adopt resilient IoT security features through directives such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act. The timing of this partnership coincides with the Cellular IoT industry’s ‘hyper-growth’, with some estimates putting the number of devices as exceeding 6 billion by 2028.
Each member of this partnership is crucial to solving this security problem. Each SIM produced by Kigen is fully certified in both manufacture - GSMA Security Accreditation Scheme for UICC Production (SAS-UP), and management - GSMA Security Accreditation Scheme for Subscription Management (SAS-SM).
Crypto Quantique provides the embedded code baseline that can be deployed on a host microcontroller that utilises the IoT-SAFE applet provisioned on the SIM, giving cellular IoT native access to their security technology for the first time. This enables a fully secure connection between the device, Crypto Quantique’s QuarkLink IoT security management platform, and cloud service provider or data centre. By leveraging the Kigen IoT-SAFE applet, based on the GSMA standard, the SIM in any form factor will be used as a hardware root-of-trust.
ZARIOT is a cellular IoT connectivity provider that allows customers to utilise telecom network tools, such as IoT-SAFE in this case, to innovate, build and secure new products.
ZARIOT brings solution flexibility, security and comprehensive support to the end-user by integrating both in-house and innovative partner features in the SIM, transforming it into a secure, intelligent and independent processor.
Dr. Shahram Mossayebi, co-founder and CEO of Crypto Quantique described the new partnership as “exciting”. He continued, “By using ZARIOT's flexible connectivity tools, leveraging Kigen’s IoT-SAFE in a novel way on their certified eSIM technology, we are able to provide cellular IoT devices with a hardware root-of-trust, hugely raising the standard of IoT security that will protect device networks."
