Manufacturing of IoT devices can be either done in house or outsourced.
Contract manufacturing has several advantages; however it can put the OEM’s asset at risk.
Trusted Objects addresses the challenge of secure manufacturing through tops product line.

tops acts as a secure digital identity generator, ensures certificates and keys protection in production and guarantees their secure injection into devices.

tops products enhance security, reduce complexity and lower cost by fully automating the provisioning of the first digital identity into an electronic device during manufacturing.

tops is also a set of services that brings security and efficiency in the provisioning process including data aggregation, intellectual property protection, and production control.

tops benefits :

• Secure generation of unique certificates
  asymmetric keys generation (RSA,ECC)
  
  
• Comprehensive PKI management
  internal Certificate Authority (CA), cross-signed CA
  
  
• Secure external PKI interface
  seamless integration with any external PKI platform (CSRs)
  
  
• Post-quantum cryptography readiness
  post-quantum keys generation
  
  
• Secure data hub in production
  centralize all data to be programmed (unique per device or shared)

• Protection of all sensitive data
  protect certificates, application firmware, and secrets during transit and manufacturing
  
  
• Secure provisioning and commissioning
  secure certificate and key injection into devices and secure commissioning of the application server
  
  
• Overproduction control
  signed report for traceability and security
  
  
• Broad compatibility
  supports most microcontrollers and most programming equipments

tops offers a complete range of products for all use cases:

Appliance	Secure Industrial computer	Secure Industrial computer	Virtual Machine	SaaS
Location	On-premise Close to production line	On-premise Close to production line	On-premise In your infrastructure	Shared cloud Option: dedicated cloud
Programming machines / projects number	1/1	4 / unlimited	50 / unlimited	10 / unlimited
Security	High - Based on TPM	High - Based on TPM	High - HSM (1)	High - HSM
Full feature	-	✔	✔	✔
Business model	Credits (pay-per-use)	Annual license or Credits	Annual license	Annual license
Budgetary pricing - One time fees	1000 €	6000 € (2)	2000 € (2)(4)	0 €
- Provisioning recurring fees:		Annual license / Credits
10K	2500 € (3)	N/A	N/A	N/A
25K	N/A	12 000 € / 0.48€ per unit	12 000 €	10 000 €
50K	N/A	14 500 € / 0.29€ per unit	14 500 €	12 000 €
100K	N/A	18 000 € / 0.18€ per unit	18 000 €	15 000 €
Annual maintenance	Free 1st year Option: 500€ next years	included / 2000 €	included	included
Support	Option	10 tickets per year More as an option	10 tickets per year More as an option	10 tickets per year More as an option
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