Microchip Trust Anchor TA101

Certificate details

Certificate ID #5371
Status active
Validation dates 07.07.2026
Sunset date 06-07-2031
Standard FIPS 140-3
Security level 2
Type Hardware
Embodiment SingleChip
Caveat When installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section 11.1 of the Security Policy
Exceptions
  • Operational environment: N/A
  • Physical security: Level 3
  • Non-invasive security: N/A
Description The Microchip Trust Anchor TA101 is a secure element from the Microchip CryptoAutomotive™ portfolio intended for automotive security applications providing support for code authentication (aka secure boot), message authentication via MAC generation, support for trusted firmware updates, multiple key management protocols including TLS and other root-of-trust based operations. It is typically a companion device to an MCU or MPU on the same board and offers up to 256-bit security strength cryptography.
Vendor Microchip Technology Inc
References

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Security policy

Extracted keywords

Symmetric Algorithms
AES, AES-, AES-256, AES256, AES-128, CAST, HMAC, CMAC
Asymmetric Algorithms
RSA-1024, RSA-2048, RSA-3072, RSA-4096, ECDH, ECDSA, ECC, DHE, DH, Diffie-Hellman
Hash functions
SHA-256, SHA2, MD5
Schemes
MAC, Key Exchange, Key Agreement
Protocols
SSH, TLS, TLS v1.2, TLS v1.3, TLS1.2, TLS1.3, TLS 1.3, TLS 1.2
Randomness
DRBG, RNG, RBG
Elliptic Curves
P-224, P-256, P-384, P-521, SECP256k1, Ed25519
Block cipher modes
ECB, CTR, GCM

JavaCard API constants
X25519
Trusted Execution Environments
PSP

Security level
Level 2, Level 3, Level 1

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Raw data

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