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Hardware and Systems Assurance Solutions

Comprehensive system security requires trust and assurance of critical components in microelectronics. Battelle provides the most up-to-date, non-destructive and rapidly deployable capabilities to help you outmatch the growing complexity of threats.
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A Serious Challenge to our Nation’s Supply Chain

Productive hardware security and software security require that commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components and printed circuit boards (PCBs) remain uncompromised. We develop and implement revolutionary microelectronics inspection and security assessments that enhance the safety of the nation’s military, as well as civilian critical assets.

Through cyber-physical analysis and data analytics that incorporate AI/ML algorithms, we deliver effective, adaptable, and practical detection and monitoring solutions that quickly find threats, mitigate them and stop others from breaching your architecture.

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The Battelle Embedded System Assurance
Eco-System

We ensure microelectronics supply chain security through automated, non-destructive hardware and software solutions that quantify the trust and assurance of COTS PCB assemblies.

Battelle applies tools and expertise to quantify risk throughout the entire platform life cycle for safe introductions of commercially sourced chips, embedded cyber programs and more. We offer the following assurance and monitoring solutions:

Design Phase

  • Design Assurance Tools
  • Vulnerability Research and Scalable Analysis

Production Phase

  • Destructive Analysis
  • Functional Analysis
  • Assembly Inspection
  • Architecture and Advisory Services

Operations and Maintenance

  • Counterfeit Detection
  • Cyber Anomaly Detection and Suppression
Ready-to-Use Technologies
  • Ensure emerging zero trust requirements for the security and safety of current and next-generation systems.

Our End Products and Services Built to Secure Microelectronics


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    Custom Hardware Assurance Services

    Authenticate all integrated circuits; eliminate counterfeit or clone devices throughout systems, infrastructure and devices. 
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    Barricade™ Circuit Verification Technology

    Authenticate all integrated circuits; eliminate counterfeit or clone devices throughout systems, infrastructure and devices. 
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    Rapid Assembly Inspection for COTS Security (RAICS)

    RAICS analyzes PCB assemblies, quickly assess COTS devices, and receives multimodal image set generation in a single hardware unit solution.
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    Test and Evaluation

    Battelle experts help to examine and thoroughly inspect microelectronics to detect vulnerabilities and counterfeit chips through every step of the process. 

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Today's weapon systems are heavily computerized, which opens more attack opportunities for adversaries.
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Microelectronics Assurance Laboratory

Battelle's microelectronic security lab houses specialized tools and equipment for destructive and nondestructive device and subsystem characterization, including:

  • RAICS technology integrated circuit boards
  • Barricade™ technology nondestructive counterfeit detection
  • Scanning optical (SOM) and electron (SEM) microscopy
  • Focused ion beam (FIB) imaging
  • Sample preparation
  • Probe station with laser circuit editing
  • Wire-bonding
  • Physical and chemical de-packaging equipment

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Cross-disciplinary scientific and engineering collaboration is essential for innovation. Our experts, called “Solvers” at Battelle, combine multiple advanced materials expertise like these with other applied sciences and engineering disciplines to deliver comprehensive client solutions.

  • Materials Chemistry

  • Metamaterials

  • Nanomaterials

  • Semiconductors

  • Solid State Physics

Innovation requires multidisciplinary scientific and engineering collaboration. Our Solvers at Battelle combine multiple chemistry disciplines like these with other applied sciences and engineering expertise to deliver comprehensive client solutions.

  • Materials Chemistry

Data science expertise is at the core of our multidisciplinary approach. Our experts, called “Solvers” at Battelle, combine data science disciplines like these with applied engineering and science to deliver comprehensive client solutions in government and industry.

  • Artificial Intelligence

  • Data Analytics

  • Data Translation

  • Modeling and Simulation

  • Statistics

Real-world solutions require multidisciplinary scientific and engineering collaboration. Our experts, called “Solvers” at Battelle, combine multiple engineering disciplines like these with other applied sciences to deliver comprehensive client solutions.

  • Electrical Engineering

  • Modeling and Simulation

  • Reverse Engineering

  • Systems Engineering

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Featured Experts

  • Adam Kimura, Ph.D

    Design Verification Lead
    Adam, our Design Verification Lead, guides major microelectronics verification and validation efforts as a principal investigator for Battelle’s clients.

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  • Photo: Close up image of Battelle Barricade hardware verification tool product

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Join the Battelle Cyber Team

Continuous innovation is vital to the state of our nation’s cybersecurity. Highly-functioning cyber operations rely on always-evolving ideas to parallel with our current expertise. If you’re ready to contribute to our global cyber solutions, we want to hear from you.
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Technology Commercialization and Licensing


With over 90 years of research and development experience, Battelle supports all areas of industry with intellectual property focused on supply chain assurance including non-destructive, rapid inspection technologies, and full range of risk mitigation solutions.

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