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Embedded Security

Embedded systems need protection from malicious attacks. Add tamper detection to your system to protect sensitive data and encryption keys. Or safeguard your IP and R&D investment from cloning and unauthorized use. With Maxim’s solutions, you can easily secure your entire system.

Security manager products work with your microcontroller to protect information. Secure Authenticator ICs provide crypto-strong authentication. Our secure microcontrollers have built-in FIPS-certified hardware cryptographic engines that support industry-standard algorithms.

Security Managers
Secure Authenticators
Secure Microcontrollers

Secure NFC Tags and RFID Readers

Learn more: DeepCover embedded security technology

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Authentication Applications
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MAX32550
Secure new generations of trusted payment devices with Maxim's DeepCover^® Cortex^®-M3 Flash Microcontroller

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MAX66242
Protect from counterfeits and cloning with Maxim’s DeepCover^® secure authenticator that combines an ISO front end with an I²C circuit block on a single chip

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MAXQ1743
DeepCover^®secure magnetic card reader IC comes with firmware for ease of implementation

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Product Tree

New Products

DS28E50
DeepCover Secure SHA-3 Authenticator with ChipDNA PUF Protection

Robust Countermeasures Protect Against Security Attacks
Efficient Secure Hash Algorithm Authenticates Peripherals
Supplemental Features Enable Easy Integration into End Applications

Tools & Models

Related Tools & Models

Tools

Authenticator Advisor Tool

Tools & Models

Trainings & Videos

Add Counterfeit Protection with Maxim's DeepCover® Secure Authenticators
3:36 min
May 2014

Safeguard Your Connected Products with Turnkey Security
4:00 min
May 2017

Using the MAXREFDES155 – Protecting the Internet of Things
8:08 min
March 2017

DS28E35 DeepCover® Secure Authenticator
2:38 min
July 2013

ChipDNA–Defend Your IoT Designs from Hackers
2:14 min
November 2017

How to Setup the DS28E38 Evaluation Kit and Perform ECDSA Authentication
7:29 min
November 2017

Secure Boot and Secure Download - Part 2: Technologies Behind Embedded Security
8:57 min
February 2018

Secure Boot and Secure Download - Part 1: Protecting IoT Devices with Secure Authentication
5:36 min
February 2018

Secure Boot and Secure Download - Part 3: Using the DS28C36
4:33 min
February 2018

EE Web Tech Lab – Secure Drug Delivery Solution
4:01 min
November 2014

Trainings & Videos

Reference Designs

Type	ID	Title
System Board	6295	MAXREFDES143#: DeepCover Embedded Security in IoT Authenticated Sensing and Notification
System Board	6156	MAXREFDES44#: Secure Authentication Design with 1-Wire ECDSA and Xilinx Zynq SoC
System Board	5822	Alcatraz (MAXREFDES34#): SHA-256 Secure Authentication Design

Reference Designs

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