EdgeLock® A5000 Plug & Trust Secure Authenticator: Authentication Made Secure, Scalable and Easy

EDGELOCK-A5000

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The EdgeLock A5000 secure authenticator (SA) offers Common Criteria EAL 6+ certified security, with symmetric and asymmetric crypto for simple authentication use cases, which complements the NXP EdgeLock secure element (SE) family portfolio with an optimized and dedicated authentication product.

Certified EdgeLock Assurance

The EdgeLock A5000, part of the Certified EdgeLock Assurance program, is designed to meet industry standards and follows NXP’s security-by-design approach. It has been certified by an independent lab.

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Features

Advanced Security

  • Certified Common Criteria (CC) EAL 6+ based HW with dedicated authentication software
  • Secured flash user memory up to 8 kB
  • Secure binding with host MCU/MPU, and bus encryption
  • Secure credential injection with end-to-end encryption
  • Advanced access control policies to credentials and data stored on chip
  • EdgeLock 2GO enabled for flexible credential customization and over-the-air key management

Cryptographic Algorithms

  • PKI cryptography based on ECC NIST P-256 and P-384
  • ECDSA, ECDH/ECDHE
  • AES and 3DES encryption and decryption
  • AES modes: CBC, CTR, ECB, CCM, GCM
  • HMAC, CMAC, GMAC, SHA-256/384
  • HKDF, PRF (TLS-PSK)
  • TRNG compliant to NIST SP800-90B
  • DRBG compliant to NIST SP800-90A
  • Qi 1.3 wireless charging authentication

Communication

  • I2C target (up to fast speed mode, 1 Mbit/s)

Key Features

  • Plug & Trust for fast and easy design-in with dedicated product support package for authentication
  • Ready-to-use example codes for authentication use cases
  • Turnkey solution to reach system-level security with any MCU/MPU without the need to write security code or handle critical key material
  • Supports compliance to many authentication security standards like DLMS/COSEM, Qi 1.3 and ISO15118-2
  • Trust anchor for authentication devices with secure credential injection at hardware level

Package

  • Small and very thin HXQFN20 package particularly suited for space limited applications (3 mm x 3 mm x 0.33 mm)

Temperature

  • Extended temperature range (-40 to +105 °C)

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