Enforcing Trust in Cyberspace


Rosetta SD

Smart Card and Storage in a Micro-Sized Device

The unique design of Rosetta SD combines secure digital (SD) technology with public key infrastructure (PKI) technology in a standard SD form factor. Rosetta SD provides secure flash storage and implements the strongest cryptographic algorithms and key lengths commercially available.

Rosetta SD is ideally suited for both custom and mass-market products that require small size, low power, and high security. It can be released and exported under license exception ENC. It is designed for use with classified applications as a non-CCI (Controlled Cryptographic Item) device. Rosetta SD/microSD uses the FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validated SPYRUS Cryptographic Operating System (SPYCOS®) crypto core, the same as those embedded in the Rosetta Series II Smart Card and USB security devices and the Hydra Privacy Card® Series II USB encryption drives.

Smart Card Capability for Every Device

Smart cards can increase the security of your application, but using them requires a special reader or available USB port. In today's smaller and more powerful mobile devices, these are not always available.

Rosetta SD devices are designed from the ground up to bring high-assurance information protection through advanced cryptography to mobile devices.

Rosetta SD is platform agnostic, seamlessly integrating with a wide range of desktop and mobile operating systems. The crypto core protects against active and passive attacks by using an active shield and randomized memory layout to prevent physical tampering. It also includes countermeasures against side-channel attacks such as timing analysis, simple and differential power analyses, and differential fault analysis.
Hardware-based cryptographic support makes Rosetta SD invulnerable to many attacks that have compromised software-based cryptography on PC-based platforms.

Rosetta SD supports PKI-based digital certificate functionality such as smart card logon, email digital certificate signatures and encryption, and authenticated Web browsing.

Rosetta SD leverages the architecture, validation path, and experience SPYRUS gained from developing the Hydra PC family of portable USB encryption devices that are approved by USCYBERCOM for use within the US Department of Defense.

Advanced Features
  • High-assurance protection for keys, digital IDs, and sensitive data
  • SD/IO interface standard supported
  • Unique serial number for each Rosetta SD device
  • Approximately 32K of EEPROM available for X.509 certificates and data storage
  • Advanced random-number generation technology
  • Anti-cloning
  • Compatible with Microsoft CryptoAPI and Cryptographic API: Next Generation, including support for Windows Vista, Windows 7, and PKCS #11 Security Policy Enforcer


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