Hardware Intrinsic Security (HIS) Usage Survey

Survey

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The following survey will help to gather perceptions about secure key storage to prevent counterfeiting, cloning and theft-of-service.

A complementary in-depth report will result from this survey and will be available for download on GSA's website.

For questions regarding the survey, contact Chelsea Boone, cboone@gsaglobal.org.

Cost of ownership

Availability

Technology independence

Reliability

1. What end market segments do you participate in? (choose as many as apply)

	Networking and Telecom		Set-top Box
	Automotive		Secure Tokens
	Industrial		Gaming
	Military / Aerospace		Mobile Devices
	Smart Cards		Smart Meters
	Other

2. What are your annual company revenues? (choose one)

	$0-50M
	>$50-100M
	>$100-500M
	>$500M-1B
	>$1B-5B
	>$5B

3. What is the most advanced technology node that your company is using in production or prototyping today (2010)? (choose one)

	28/32nm high performance
	28/32nm low power
	40/45nm high performance
	40/45nm low power
	65nm high performance
	65nm low power
	90nm
	0.13 micron or above

4. According to a study from KPMG and Alliance for Gray Market and Counterfeit Abatement 10% of all high-tech products sold globally are counterfeit. What do you think? (choose one)

	Agree
	Think it's much larger
	Think it's much smaller

5. Who do you believe is responsible for preventing counterfeiting, including cloning and over production of systems as well as theft-of-service? (choose one)

	The semiconductor company
	The systems company
	Foundry
	Others in the ecosystem
	Don't know

6. How would you rate your understanding of what solutions are available today for secret key storage? (choose one)

	Very familiar – have implemented secret key storage before
	Familiar – have evaluated but not implemented secret key storage
	Not familiar – not implemented or evaluated secret key storage

7. Which of the following items are so important to you that you would address them if an appropriate hardware security solution existed?(choose as many as apply)

	Secure key programming
	Protection against over production
	Flexible and efficient key management
	Secure binding of software to a specific device
	Unique identification of a specific device

8. Prior to this survey, were you aware that Hardware Intrinsic Security (HIS) can address the issues in question 7?

	Yes
	No

9. How would you characterize your need for secret key storage or hardware security in your product(s) or your customers' product(s)? (choose one)

	Must have – it's a requirement
	It's a feature but not a requirement
	It depends on your customer
	Don't know

10. Do you need secret key storage in the next year?

	Yes
	No

11. If yes, for what market applications? (choose as many as apply)

	Networking and telecom		Set-top box
	Automotive		Secure tokens
	Industrial		Gaming
	Military / Aerospace		Mobile devices
	Smart cards		Smart meters
	Other

12. If secret key storage was relevant to your product but not designed in, what was the main reason? (choose one)

	We use an alternative solution
	Not familiar with the options
	Not clear on the ROI
	Lacking security expertise
	Lacking reliability analysis
	Other

13. Please rate the importance of each of these attributes in a hardware security or secret key storage solution.
(rate from 1 to 5, where 5=most important)

14. If you have used key storage and were not satisfied, what would be the most important attribute to improve? (choose one)

	Cost of ownership
	Availability
	Technology independence
	Reliability
	Security
	Other

15. How much more could you absorb in your product cost for implementing HIS which doesn't require the key to be stored on-chip and hence is more secure? (choose one)

	Up to 1%
	>1-2%
	>2-3%
	>3%
	None

16. If a HIS approach to key storage could enable you to eliminate the need for on-chip non-volatile memory (NVM), how would you rate your interest in a HIS solution? (choose one)

	Must have
	Likely to implement
	Interested in evaluating
	Interested in learning more
	Not interested

17. How would you assess the security of a HIS solution? (choose one)

	Your own lab assessment
	An external lab assessment
	Customer references
	Ecosystem references
	All of the above
	Other

18. Were you aware that the HIS Initiative launched on May 18, 2010? (choose one)

	Yes
	Yes , but would like more information
	No
	No, but would like more information

19. Would you send someone to a seminar on HIS in the next 6-9 months? (choose one)

	Yes
	No
	Don't know, but I would like more information

20. If yes, where would you or someone you send want to attend a HIS seminar? (choose all that apply)

	North America		Europe		Japan
	Taiwan		China

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