Code Signing by nCipher Security protects your software from tampering and maximizes security with tamper-resistant hardware and software solutions
In an effort to protect businesses, brands, partners, and users from software that has been infected by malware, software developers have adopted a practice known as code signing. nCipher can help you implement efficient, high assurance code signing solutions that protect your business and your customers from attacks that forge or modify applications.
An application of public key cryptography, code signing is a specific use of certificate based digital signatures that enables an organization to verify the identity of the software publisher and prove that the software has not been changed since it was published. But if code signing is to be an effective measure for identifying trustworthy software, the code signing process itself must be secure. To prevent attackers from using forged code signatures to hide infected code, organizations must take steps to protect the process for creating these digital signatures.
As virtualization brings flexibility, the dynamic deployment and de-provisioning of application instances increases the need for integrity validation. Also, with the proliferation of cloud-based services, software developers need to ensure the integrity of their software as it executes in cloud environments over which they have minimal control.
The smartphone and tablet revolutions, arrival of the ‘app store economy,’ and the deployment of intelligent connected devices are increasing the proportion of business logic that resides and executes on unsecured devices in untrusted locations.
Designed for software vendors of all sizes and for enterprises that develop their own code, the nCipher Code Signing Solution is a comprehensive solution that enables you to implement high assurance, high-efficiency code signing processes to protect your software from tampering and bring appropriate governance to your software publishing practices. Combining tamper-resistant nShield hardware security modules (HSMs) with services from nCipher ASG, the nCipher Code Signing solution is backed by our extensive expertise in code signing best practices and standards of due care.
Hardware security modules from nCipher provide tamper-resistant, certified protection for private code signing keys and a secure platform on which to execute critical digital signature processes.
The nCipher Code Signing Solution supports a range of authorization scenarios to suit your operational needs—including automated request/approval workflows. nCipher also works with customers to address a flexible range of automation requirements for code signing processes as well as for centralized cryptographic key management. These capabilities are particularly applicable for medium to large- sized software-producing organizations where the volume and/or distribution of software build stations warrants shared services and resources.
In addition to enhanced code signing key security, the nCipher Code Signing solution offers a flexible range of automation capabilities for code signing approval processes as well as for centralized cryptographic key management. The nCipher Code Signing solution is unique in that it not only provides a high assurance method to protect private code signing keys in certified secure hardware, but also offers a flexible range of capabilities to simplify and automate the code signing request/approval workflow for organizations with more complex environments.
As a global payment solutions and commerce enablement leader, Verifone’s strategy is to develop and deploy “best in class” payment solutions and services that meet or exceed global security standards and help our clients securely accept electronic payments across all channels of commerce. We selected nCipher HSMs to provide robust security, unmatched performance and superior scalability across our payment security platforms, protecting encryption keys from virtually any attack. This helps Verifone to continue reducing merchants’ growing exposure to data breaches and cyber criminals and more aggressively safeguard consumer information… Joe Majka,Chief Security Officer
