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Public Report – Keyfork Implementation Review

In April 2024, Distrust engaged NCC Group’s Cryptography Services team to perform a cryptographic security assessment of keyfork, described as “an opinionated and modular toolchain for generating and managing a wide range of cryptographic keys offline and on smartcards from a shared mnemonic phrase”. The tool is intended to be run on an air-gapped system […]


Public Report – Confidential Mode for Hyperdisk – DEK Protection Analysis

During the spring of 2024, Google engaged NCC Group to conduct a design review of Confidential Mode for Hyperdisk (CHD) architecture in order to analyze how the Data Encryption Key (DEK) that encrypts data-at-rest is protected. The project was 10 person days and the goal is to validate that the following two properties are enforced: […]


Public Report – Google Privacy Sandbox Aggregation Service and Coordinator

During the winter of 2022, Google engaged NCC Group to conduct an in-depth security review of the Aggregation Service, part of Google’s Privacy Sandbox initiative. Google describes the Aggregation Service as follows: The Privacy Sandbox initiative aims to create technologies that both protect people’s privacy online and give companies and developers tools to build thriving […]


Public Report – AWS Nitro System API & Security Claims Italian

In the last calendar quarter of 2022, Amazon Web Services (AWS) engaged NCC Group to conduct an architecture review of the AWS Nitro System design, with focus on specific claims AWS made for the security of the Nitro System APIs. The Public Report in Italian this review may be downloaded below: The original Public Report […]


04 Mar 2024

Public Report – AWS Nitro System API & Security Claims French

In the last calendar quarter of 2022, Amazon Web Services (AWS) engaged NCC Group to conduct an architecture review of the AWS Nitro System design, with focus on specific claims AWS made for the security of the Nitro System APIs. The Public Report in French this review may be downloaded below: The original Public Report […]


04 Mar 2024

Public Report – AWS Nitro System API & Security Claims Spanish

In the last calendar quarter of 2022, Amazon Web Services (AWS) engaged NCC Group to conduct an architecture review of the AWS Nitro System design, with focus on specific claims AWS made for the security of the Nitro System APIs. The Public Report in Spanish for this review may be downloaded below: The original Public […]


04 Mar 2024

Public Report – AWS Nitro System API & Security Claims German

In the last calendar quarter of 2022, Amazon Web Services (AWS) engaged NCC Group to conduct an architecture review of the AWS Nitro System design, with focus on specific claims AWS made for the security of the Nitro System APIs. The Public Report in German for this review may be downloaded below: The original Public […]


04 Mar 2024