Hardware Trust Anchors for Mobile & Embedded Systems
Architectural techniques for establishing hardware-rooted trust anchors within processor platforms, supporting secure execution and device integrity in mobile, embedded, and IoT systems.
Security Challenge Overview
Mobile, embedded, and IoT computing platforms must establish a reliable foundation of trust in order to protect sensitive operations, authenticate software components, and maintain device integrity. However, security mechanisms implemented purely in software may be vulnerable to compromise if the underlying system software or firmware is manipulated.
Hardware-based trust anchors provide a foundational mechanism for establishing trusted computing environments by embedding security primitives directly within processor architectures. These mechanisms support secure boot processes, trusted execution, and verification of system state.
Key challenges include:
Establishing a reliable hardware-root-of-trust for device security
Ensuring that security-critical components cannot be bypassed by compromised software
Supporting trusted execution within resource-constrained mobile, embedded, and IoT environments
Maintaining compatibility with evolving processor architectures and system designs
As mobile, embedded, and IoT systems become increasingly connected and security-sensitive, hardware-rooted trust mechanisms play a critical role in protecting device and system integrity.
CoreSecure’s Architectural Approach
CoreSecure Technologies’ hardware trust anchor patents introduce architectural mechanisms that embed foundational trust primitives directly within processor designs. These architectures enable systems to establish trusted states and verify the integrity of critical components during device operation.
By integrating trust anchors within the processor itself, these approaches support secure boot processes, trusted execution mechanisms, and system integrity verification while minimizing reliance on external security components.
The inventions are designed to integrate with modern processor architectures used in mobile, embedded, IoT, and other security-sensitive computing platforms.
Key Technical Capabilities
Hardware-rooted trust anchor architecture within processors
Support for trusted execution mechanisms
Architectural foundations for secure boot and system integrity verification
Integration with mobile, embedded, and IoT processor platforms
Use in medical devices
Compatibility with modern processor security architectures and software
Patent Portfolio: Hardware Trust Anchors for Mobile & Embedded Systems
The following patent represents CoreSecure Technologies’ intellectual property related to hardware-rooted trust mechanisms in processor architectures. This patent links to a dedicated patent page containing the abstract and links to Google Patents and the USPTO.
Hardware Trust Anchors in SP-Enabled Processors
US 9,317,708 B2 | Issued: April 19, 2016
Potential Application Areas
Mobile, embedded, and IoT processor platforms
Secure boot and device integrity systems
Internet of Things (IoT) and edge computing platforms
Security-sensitive mobile and embedded computing environments
Trusted execution environments (TEEs)
Secure processors and system-on-chip (SoC) designs
Medical devices
Edge devices, including smartphones and tablets
Confidential and security-sensitive workloads and computing platforms
Military and emergency response applications
Licensing & Collaboration
CoreSecure Technologies’ hardware trust anchor patent is available for licensing and strategic collaboration, supporting secure device architectures across mobile, embedded, and connected computing platforms.