Secure Mobility with the VIA PadLock Security Engine

The unprecedented increase in PC networking and Internet-based commerce has led to growing concerns about corporate and personal information security. Information can be kept secure by means of encryption; an attacker must decipher the key to perform the decryption and compromise the information security of any computer or network. Such keys are created by Random Number Generators (RNG), and the more random a number is, the more secure that key or password becomes. The cryptography is carried out through complex algorithms, such as the US government approved Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), that require a huge amount of processing power when carried out through software programs.

The world's fastest x86 security engine, VIA PadLock Security Engine¹ is integrated into the VIA C3®-M processor and features the VIA PadLock RNG and the VIA PadLock ACE (Advanced Cryptography Engine) for military-grade AES encryption and decryption. These features are hardware-based, delivering higher performance and quality of security operations within software programs with minimal draw on system resources.

¹ Elements of the VIA PadLock Security Engine have been evaluated by various leading information security specialists. View the evaluation reports here.