In today’s industrial enterprise set up, Ethernet security is an essential element of network design and management. Elliptic Technologies, a provider of embedded security hardware cores and software to SoC manufacturers, OEMs, service and content providers, will discuss Ethernet security solutions at an upcoming conference in Santa Clara, California.

The company will present a session to explain MACsec, the IEEE (News - Alert) 802.1AE security standard that protects data traversing Ethernet systems, in an era of very high throughput data connections, specifically 10/40/100 Gbps traffic. To achieve maximum output, MACsec must be implemented in hardware.  MACsec has been designed to be implemented in a MAC, but sometimes it is not possible or desirable, as when MACsec functionality is added to existing systems. 

The discussion will explain the options available to chip and system architects along with respective advantages and drawbacks of these options.

The Ethernet Technology Summit is an event that focuses on the use of Ethernet throughout the networking space. It includes the emergence of 10-Gigabit Ethernet as a key LAN technology on the desktop and in data centers. Jean-Pierre Thibault, senior hardware architect at Elliptic Technologies, will present the Ethernet Security session #A-202 scheduled for April 4.

Elliptic provides complete and highly tuned embedded security solutions built on a combination of software and semiconductor hardware engines. The company facilitates semiconductor and device manufacturers to shorten their time to market and provide robust security solutions. Elliptic offers broad portfolio of security engines that includes random number generators, a wide variety of cryptographic cores, public key accelerators and protocol processors for LTE (News - Alert), IPsec, TLS and MACsec.