Softing Sets New Standard for Cybersecurity with Enhanced ECC Support in OPC UA SDKs

May 20, 2025 - Softing Industrial has integrated extended support for Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) into its versions V3.80 of the OPC UA .NET Standard SDK and V6.70 of the OPC UA C++ SDK. This underlines the company's long-term commitment to greater cybersecurity in industrial communication systems.

Focus on advanced encryption technologies

Softing has designed the new SDK versions to meet the highest security standards. A key feature is comprehensive support for ECC, one of the most secure and efficient encryption methods available. The new versions cover the following ECC curves:

• NIST P256
• NIST P384
• Brainpool P256r1
• Brainpool P384r1

These advanced curves offer a high level of security while maintaining a low resource footprint. This makes them ideal for industrial environments where reliable and fast data encryption is crucial.

Security as the foundation of digital transformation

With these enhancements, Softing is clearly prioritizing cybersecurity as a fundamental requirement for digital transformation in. industry. By supporting modern encryption standards like ECC, Softing demonstrates its long-term commitment to enabling secure and future-ready industrial networks