The Microchip ATECC508A-AWS is a crypto companion device where keys and secrets are stored and protected before even leaving the Microchip factories. The device can be pre-provisioned and shipped directly to the customer. It comes with an integrated hardware based ECC-P256 cryptographic engine, a random generator, a secure memory, and anti-tampering capabilities. Due to the hardware implementation of the crypto engine, the execution time can be 10 to 100 times faster than a software version implemented in a microcontroller allowing lower cost of development but also reducing the cost allocated to software maintenance once a system is deployed.