Microsoft and Cryptography Research have joined a partnership in order to make security systems against security threats…in this case, Differential Power Analysis (DPA) hacking.

DPA hacking is what’s known as a ‘side-channel’ hacking attack, which simply means that it uses information from cryptographic hardware rather than from software. DPA hackers monitor fluctuating power consumption of devices then derive cryptic keys from it. As this is a growing problem for businesses, Microsoft and Cryptography Research have decided to develop a few solutions.