We have worked together to develop approximately 20 ASIC designs, ranging from
high-volume commercial security ASICs to low-volume high-value space
qualified encryption ASICs. These developments included the design and development
of Clipper, Capstone, and the U.S. Government's Key Escrow Facility. NSA has
endorsed many ASICs that we have developed for securing classified data (Type I).
Along with our extensive background in Type I development, EmbedICs personnel have
considerable experience in developing systems to be resistant to reverse
engineering. This experience ranges from circuit obfuscation to tamper-aware logic
to timing and power analysis mitigation.
Mark received his MS in Mathematics from North Carolina State University in
1988 and founded EmbedICs in 1999. He has worked with cryptographic ASIC
developments since 1992, supporting both government and commercial clients.
His initial venture into cryptographic ASIC design was the CAPSTONE chip,
developing public key architectures and cryptographic firmware. The CAPSTONE
development lead to a variety of crypotgraphic ASIC developments which have
been integrated in a multitude of government and commercial equipments. For
the past 2 years, Mark has lead EmbedICs business development and customer
relations efforts along with managing the corporate headquaters in Columbia,
Maryland.
Chris received his BSEE from Northeastern University in 1984. He has developed
ASICs and sub-assemblies for missile guidance systems, fighter aircraft and
satellite-based systems for several large defense contractors. Chris has
developed many ASICs for cryptographic applications to protect satellite
telemetry, tracking and control (TT&C) as well as ground-based systems to
protect voice, data and media. One of his most well known ASICs was the
Clipper
chip that he developed for the National Security Agency. Chris also helped to
develop critical
Key Escrow infrastructure for the US Government. In addition to high
assurance cryptographic products to protect classified information, Chris has
developed ASICs for commercial applications. As the Director of Security
Processor Development for DIVX, he contributed to a next-generation processor
design to perform digital rights management for encrypted DVD multi-media
content. Subsequently, while employed at DIRECTV, Chris established an in-house
secure smart card development team. In 2003, Chris received DIRECTV's highest
achievement award for leading the team that redesigned DIRECTV's P4 "smart"
card to withstand hackers' efforts.