All semiconductors are sensitive to light.
Especially secure micro controllers should never end up in an insecure state. However, light can make it possible to induce faults into cryptographic operations, change the flow of running code or manipulate the contents of registers and memories in secure micro controllers, hence in smart card products.

Light perturbation Analysis 
Our tool consists of a set of lasers for different wavelengths varying from visible light to Near Infra Red. Brightlight is capable of performing front side as well as back side attacks. A motorized table helps you to acquire automated surface scans of the chip while it is running cryptographic operations. Furthermore, it comes with an advanced triggering method that is based on featers in the power profile of the device under test.

Added value
Brightlight is the ultimate tool to assess the resistance of your secure micro controller or smart card product against light manipulation. It also allows you to verify the strength of the countermeasures you have implemented in your software.

The skills to perform light perturbation analysis can be learned in a comprehensive course providing hands-on experience with our Brightlight tool.

Curious?
Have you become interested and want to learn more about Brightlight? Please contact us to arrange a demonstration and we are ready to answer all your questions. It is our experience that people who have seen Brightlight in action are truly excited by it.