Ciot CodeSign

Ciot CodeSign signs software, firmware, executables, and update files. With KMS and HSM, it centralizes signing keys, access, and release workflows across CI/CD, Secure Boot, OTA, and production.

Manage Signing Keys and Release Workflows

Code Signing verifies release origin and file integrity. As signing expands across products, teams, CI/CD, production, and global factories, key protection, access control, and traceability must be planned together.

Ciot CodeSign architecture: 1. Deliverables and workflow entry; 2. Signing service with request, policy and approval, signing, verification and timestamp, role access, and audit logs; 3. Verification and release output; Key & Trust Layer with KMS, HSM, Cert / CA / Trust Root.

From Windows Signing to Secure Firmware Release

Plan the signing architecture by deliverable and trust model, then choose the right approach for release workflows, key storage, and automation.

Application and Driver Signing

For EXE, DLL, MSI, CAB, and Driver Package releases, with Publisher Signature, timestamping, and signing workflows.

  • Windows Authenticode
  • Publisher Rule and Application Control
  • Public or Private Code Signing Certificates
  • Hardware Token, KMS, or HSM Based on Need

Product and Firmware Trust Platform

Covers Firmware, BIOS, BMC, Bootloader, OTA, and production data with Secure Boot, centralized signing, and supply-chain release controls.

  • CodeSign + KMS + HSM
  • CI/CD and Build / Release Integration
  • Access Separation Across Products, Factories, and Sites
  • Extend to CLM and Secure Provisioning as Needed

Keep Firmware Signing Ready for Algorithm Evolution

Long-life devices and AI servers should prepare for post-quantum migration while retaining Secure Boot and firmware verification. LMS (Leighton-Micali Signature) is stateful and requires strict usage control. Ciot CodeSign can evaluate ECDSA, LMS / HSS, and ML-DSA with KMS and HSM by project.

ECDSA + LMS

For current Firmware Trust; confirm HSS when a hierarchical scheme is required.

ECDSA + ML-DSA

Evaluate dual-track migration and signing-service changes by product lifecycle and platform capability.

Caliptra 1.x / 2.x

Confirm algorithms, parameters, and integration scope by chip and validation requirements.

Caliptra versions, PQC parameters, and HSM support must be confirmed for the target chip, verifier, and project.

Server Security: LMS Firmware Signing

A server power project uses LMS for Firmware Signing, with KMS + HSM planned to protect signing keys and control the release workflow.

Firmware Trust

Firmware Build

Generate the image to be signed
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Ciot CodeSign

Run Firmware Signing
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KMS + HSM

Manage and Protect the Signing Key
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Secure Boot

Verify Firmware Origin and Integrity
Device Identity Extension

SPDM Device Certificate

Establish Device Identity
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Ciot CLM

Manage Certificate Enrollment and Lifecycle
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Authentication / Attestation

Verify Device Identity and State

From AI Servers to Production,Code Signing Across Device Security Scenarios

Secure Boot and Automated Signing

Connect CI/CD for BIOS, BMC Firmware, Bootloader, and update packages while centrally managing signing keys and access.

Firmware and OTA Secure Updates

Sign Firmware and OTA updates for connected devices, supporting integrity checks, version traceability, and global manufacturing.

Automotive Firmware Signing and Key Wrapping

For ECU, MCU, and automotive chips, plan Secure Boot, Firmware Signing, secure updates, and key protection in production.

AMI Meter OTA Firmware Protection

Verify Firmware and OTA update sources with update authorization, version control, anti-rollback, and a device trust root.

Production Programming and Serial Signing

Connect ATE and production workflows for Firmware, chip serials, device certificates, secure data writing, and traceability.

From Requirements Review to Go-Live

Define the solution scope by signing target, trust model, build environment, key source, signing volume, and operations.

  1. 01

    Requirements

    Confirm file formats, key sources, users, build environment, signing volume, and trust model.

  2. 02

    Architecture Design

    Plan CodeSign, KMS, HSM, access control, network, integration, and redundancy.

  3. 03

    PoC Validation

    Use representative files to test signing, verification, access control, and records.

  4. 04

    Environment Integration

    Connect CI/CD, signing tools, build servers, or production equipment within scope.

  5. 05

    Deployment & Operations

    Finalize production capacity, redundancy, key rotation, training, and maintenance.

Scale Firmware SigningAcross Teams and Factories

Start with your release workflow, from signing targets and key storage to CI/CD and production integration.

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