Expert services

Hardware Security Assessment

Evaluate your device in our high-end lab: side-channel analysis, fault injection or research on a technique. You receive results you fully own and can replay anytime.

An electromagnetic fault injection probe above a target board in eShard's lab
Expert services

Hardware Security Assessment

Evaluate your device in our high-end lab: side-channel analysis, fault injection or research on a technique. You receive results you fully own and can replay anytime.

Use cases

Get an assessment whenever you need to be sure

Before a product ships

A new chip, board or device, before attackers get their hands on it.

Ahead of an evaluation

Find the weaknesses before a certification lab or a customer does.

When a customer asks

A security questionnaire or an audit that needs independent evidence.

After a published attack

A new side-channel or fault attack is out, and you need to know if your device is exposed.

To trust your countermeasures

Masking, redundancy, glitch detectors: do they hold against a real attacker?

To explore a technique

A new attack, a post-quantum algorithm or a method your team wants studied in depth.

What we do

Custom projects in our hardware security lab

Side-channel analysis

We measure the power and electromagnetic leakage of your chip and show whether keys can be recovered, post-quantum algorithms like ML-KEM and ML-DSA included.

Fault injection

We inject faults with electromagnetic pulses, laser, and voltage or clock glitches, and show whether your secure boot and cryptography hold.

Research on a technique

We study an attack, a countermeasure or a method in depth, and turn it into results your team can reuse.

Targets
Secure elements
MCUs
SoCs
ASICs
FPGAs
How a project runs

A plan agreed with you, reviewed with you

01
Scope

We define the project with you.

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Technical scoping
We express your need together and how to meet it.
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Commercial proposal
Based on the scope and the resources it needs: experts and lab access.
02
Run

We work on it, with you in the loop.

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Kick-off meeting
We review the plan from the proposal together.
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Periodic meetings
We review progress and adjust the plan with you.
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Deliver

Results you fully own and can replay.

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Delivery
A PDF report, and the notebooks and acquired traces to run the analysis again.
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Project closure
We close the project once you have everything you need.
Why eShard

Assessed by the team that builds the lab tools

For more than 10 years, eShard engineers have attacked chips and cryptographic implementations for the industry's most demanding security teams. The same people run your assessment.

eShard's side-channel analysis lab
98%
of clients would work with us again
150+
assessments delivered
10+
years of hands-on security research
40+
security experts
We build the tools we test with

Our analysts develop esDynamic and run our own side-channel and fault injection benches. When a target needs a new setup, we build it.

We publish our research

From the side-channel security of post-quantum hardware IP to fault analysis of a secure boot: our work is on our blog, so you can judge it first.

We train other experts

Security teams learn side-channel analysis and fault injection in our esCoaching courses, taught by the people who run your assessment.

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Request an assessment

Have a device to assess?

Tell us about your need. An expert will get back to you for the technical scoping.

Your design stays yours
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NDA signed upfront
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Encrypted exchanges only
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Data deleted at project closure
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Your name never disclosed
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

We are always here to help you and answer your questions.

We are always here to help you and answer your questions.

How long does a project take?

It depends on the scope. The commercial proposal sets out the plan and the dates, and we review them with you at each periodic meeting.

How is a project priced?

On the technical scope and the resources it needs: the experts involved and the lab benches.

What do we receive at the end?

A PDF report with our findings, and the material to run the analysis again, so the results stay yours.

Can you certify our product?

We are not a certification lab. Our results give you independent evidence to prepare an evaluation or a certification, and to answer your customers.