[January 12, 2009] Broadcom signs license agreement for Cryptography Research's CryptoFirewall Tweet (Corporate IT Update Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Cryptography Research Inc (CRI), a US security technology company, announced on Friday (9 January) that Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq:BRCM), a provider of solutions for wired and wireless communications, has signed a license agreement for its CryptoFirewall security technology for future integration into its multimedia system-on-a-chip (SoC) set-top box chips. According to the company, the CryptoFirewall is a hardware security core designed to protect cryptographic keys and computations in a chip from attack even if surrounding components are compromised. When inserted in the Broadcom STB SoCs, it is expected to enable conditional access providers to directly build their solutions on Broadcom's platform. As a result, Broadcom's CryptoFirewall integration can help reduce costs for conditional access companies, satellite, cable and IP-based television systems. No financial details were disclosed. ((Distributed by M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) Copyright ? 2009 M2 Communications Ltd. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]