Maxim Integrated Products Inc. has introduced the MAX36025 tamper-reactive cryptographic-node controller with non-imprinting memory to add secure encryption to critical points of data aggregation within the smart grid.

With its dual encryption engines, authentication and tamper-detection hierarchy, Maxim said the MAX36025 is meant to be a security manager that can be placed at the access point/data concentrator in a smart grid network to add security to these crucial points of data aggregation.

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