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As embedded systems and cryptographic devices become increasingly targeted by sophisticated physical attacks, Side Channel Analysis (SCA) has become a fundamental component of modern hardware security evaluation.

Security laboratories, semiconductor companies, smart card manufacturers, automotive suppliers, IoT developers, and cybersecurity experts rely on Side Channel Analysis to identify information leakage, validate security countermeasures, and demonstrate resistance against real-world attacks.

Powered by Laboryzr™ Analyzr, Secure-IC provides a comprehensive platform for automating, executing, and analyzing Side Channel Analysis campaigns from acquisition to reporting. Designed for both evaluation laboratories and product development teams, Analyzr streamlines security assessments while improving repeatability, efficiency, and scalability.

Why Side Channel Analysis Matters

Sensitive information processed by electronic devices can unintentionally leak through physical phenomena such as:

  • Power consumption
  • Electromagnetic emissions
  • Timing variations
  • Acoustic emissions
  • Voltage fluctuations

Attackers can exploit these leakages to recover cryptographic keys, extract confidential data, or bypass security mechanisms.

Side Channel Analysis helps organizations:

  • Detect exploitable information leakage
  • Evaluate the robustness of security countermeasures
  • Secure cryptographic implementations
  • Reduce certification risks
  • Accelerate product qualification processes
  • Demonstrate compliance with international security standards

Whether performing product validation or preparing for certification, Side Channel Analysis is a critical step toward trusted and resilient embedded systems.

Comprehensive Side Channel Analysis Platform

Advanced Measurement and Acquisition

Laboryzr™ Analyzr provides seamless integration with laboratory equipment including:

  • Oscilloscopes
  • Measurement probes
  • Amplifiers
  • Motorized positioning tables
  • Custom acquisition platforms
  • Electromagnetic measurement systems

Its unified environment facilitates data acquisition, trace management, and campaign orchestration for efficient security evaluations.

Powerful Signal Processing and Cryptanalysis

Leveraging Secure-IC’s Analysis Library for Advanced Security (ALIAS), Analyzr offers advanced capabilities for:

  • Differential Power Analysis (DPA)
  • Correlation Power Analysis (CPA)
  • Electromagnetic Analysis (EMA)
  • Leakage Detection Testing
  • Statistical Security Evaluation
  • Signal Processing and Filtering
  • Custom Security Analysis Workflows

Real-time visualization and interactive analysis enable evaluators to quickly identify vulnerabilities and gain actionable security insights.

Scenario-Based Automation

Analyzr’s flexible architecture enables users to create or customize complete evaluation scenarios through an intuitive visual interface.

Benefits include:

  • Reduced setup time
  • Improved campaign reproducibility
  • Standardized evaluation procedures
  • Easier knowledge transfer between teams
  • Faster security assessments

Complex Side Channel Analysis campaigns can be deployed as repeatable, push-button workflows, increasing operational efficiency across security laboratories.

Designed for Security Certifications

Analyzr supports Side Channel Analysis activities required for a wide range of certification and compliance frameworks, including:

Common Criteria (CC)

Support evaluations targeting higher assurance levels such as EAL4+, EAL5+, and beyond.

FIPS 140-3

Assess cryptographic module resistance against side-channel attacks and information leakage.

ISO 17825

Perform standardized testing against non-invasive attack methods targeting cryptographic modules.

SESIP

Evaluate embedded device security according to the Security Evaluation Standard for IoT Platforms.

Key Features

User-Friendly Interface

Intuitive workflows guide evaluators through acquisition, processing, attack execution, and reporting, minimizing deployment effort and training requirements.

Python-Based Customization

Develop custom measurement routines, automation scripts, and analysis algorithms while maintaining full integration with the platform.

Scalability and Flexibility

Adapt the software to a broad range of laboratory environments, from development labs to accredited certification facilities.

Cross-Platform Compatibility

Available for both Windows and Linux environments, ensuring easy integration into existing security evaluation infrastructures.

Productivity Enhancement

Speed up design validation, debugging, vulnerability assessment, and certification preparation while reducing evaluation effort and cost.

Applications and Use Cases

Cryptographic Implementation Validation

Evaluate the robustness of AES, RSA, ECC, Post-Quantum Cryptography, and proprietary algorithms against side-channel attacks.

Secure Element Evaluation

Assess security chips used in payment, identity, automotive, and IoT applications.

Certification Preparation

Identify vulnerabilities early and reduce remediation efforts before Common Criteria, FIPS 140-3, ISO 17825, or SESIP evaluations.

Security Research

Perform advanced side-channel experiments using customizable acquisition and analysis methodologies.

Why Choose Secure-IC for Side Channel Analysis?

Secure-IC combines internationally recognized expertise in embedded cybersecurity with advanced security evaluation tooling.

By integrating instrumentation control, acquisition management, leakage analysis, cryptanalysis, automation, and reporting within a single platform, Laboryzr™ Analyzr helps security teams execute comprehensive Side Channel Analysis projects faster, more consistently, and with greater confidence.

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