What CML does

CML is a privately held cybersecurity firm headquartered in Boise, United States, founded in 2007. Per firmographics, the company operates with a small team (1-10 employees) and engages in the research and development of both hardware and software security products. The available product record points to a layered embedded security portfolio: cryptographic and anti-tamper IP cores (Immunity), secure processors with memory-guard and authentication capabilities (Helios), purpose-built secure hardware platforms designed to meet U.S. Anti-Tamper and Cyber Survivability requirements (Bedrock), and a Commercial-Off-The-Shelf-based security infrastructure for mitigating cyber exploitation, anti-tamper, and reverse-engineering threats (Keystone). These offerings are positioned to protect mission-critical defense systems — including weapon systems containing Critical Program Information and classified data — from physical, side-channel, and advanced cyber threats.

The revenue model implied by the product set is a security IP and platform licensing/sales motion into defense primes and government programs; product URLs are hosted under gdmissionsystems.com, suggesting distribution via a major defense integrator rather than direct enterprise sales. No pricing, contract values, ARR, or revenue figures were disclosed. The customer base inferred from product positioning is concentrated in U.S. defense and adjacent national-security buyers, with no SMB or international segment evidence.

Important data caveats: the input contains material inconsistencies. Firmographics describe CML as a 1-10 person Boise-based firm (cmlab.biz), while the detailed product record describes products whose URLs and imagery map to Idaho Scientific / General Dynamics Mission Systems. Separately, several source blocks describe CMLL (Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre), a Mexican professional wrestling promotion founded in 1933 — these blocks appear misattributed and are not reflected in the substantive analysis above. Conclusions in this profile should be treated as preliminary and validated against primary sources.

Name

CML

Website

https://cmlab.biz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1933

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Embedded Security Hardware

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

akta.pro primary industry

Confidential Computing & Hardware-backed Protection (TEE/HSM) (HDADAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Storage Security & Encryption Hardware (SEDs, Key Managers, HSM-Backed Storage) (HDACACAL)

Keywords

• Embedded security solutions
• Cryptographic IP cores
• Anti-tamper hardware
• Secure processor design
• Defense cybersecurity

Headquarters

HQ city

Boise

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Live Event Ticket Sales: CMLL generates revenue through ticket sales for live wrestling events, including their historic first US show at the Pearl Theater at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

CML develops and sells embedded security hardware and software products, including cryptographic IP cores, secure processor platforms, and COTS-based security architectures. Its portfolio protects sensitive embedded systems in mission-critical defense and infrastructure applications from physical, side-channel, and advanced cyber threats.

Product overview

Idaho Scientific, now part of General Dynamics Mission Systems, provides a layered embedded security portfolio consisting of Security IP building blocks (Immunity and Helios), integrated firmware and software security solutions (Keystone), and emerging secure hardware platforms (Bedrock). These products protect sensitive systems from physical, side-channel, and advanced cyber threats through cryptographic IP cores, secure processor technology, and anti-tamper hardware designed for mission-critical infrastructure and defense applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Immunity Cryptographic IP Suite of security and anti-tamper IP cores designed to help engineers protect embedded hardware and firmware in mission-critical defense applications.
• Helios Secure Processor IP Memory Guard and Processing Systems designed to defend against physical attacks on secure data through authentication and encryption.
• Bedrock Secure Hardware Platforms Purpose-built secure processor designed to fulfill U.S. Anti-Tamper and Cyber Survivability requirements to protect weapon systems containing Critical Program Information (CPI) and Classified Data.
• Keystone Security Architecture Infrastructure comprised of security capabilities rooted in Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) hardware that addresses security limitations and provides mitigations for cyber exploitation, anti-tamper requirements, and reverse engineering threats.

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• All Elite Wrestling (AEW)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 February 2026CMLL has a working relationship with AEW that includes hosting CMLL championship matches at AEW events. Claudio Castagnoli defended the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship against Josh Alexander at AEW Collision, demonstrating cross-promotional talent sharing and collaborative event production between the two wrestling promotions.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Rambus Inc. Rambus is a direct peer in security IP, selling cryptographic IP cores, hardware root-of-trust, and secure protocol engines to chipmakers — overlapping directly with CML's hardware-encryption IP focus, and at far larger scale.
• Verimatrix (formerly Inside Secure): Verimatrix (legacy Inside Secure) monetizes hardware-rooted security IP and silicon security IP for connected devices, IoT, and content protection — closely aligned business model and customer set to CML.
• Cryptomathic: Cryptomathic is a focused cryptography and key-management software/IP vendor serving payments, government, and enterprise; comparable as a smaller specialist operating in adjacent cryptographic infrastructure where CML plays.
• Futurex: Futurex provides hardware security modules (HSMs) and key management infrastructure for payments and enterprise — a comparable niche vendor to CML in the hardware-backed key management space.

Broad incumbents

• Synopsys (DesignWare Security IP): Synopsys sells DesignWare security IP (cryptography, root of trust, secure processors) as part of its broader EDA + IP portfolio; comparable technology layer, but bundled inside a much larger semiconductor tooling franchise.
• Utimaco: Utimaco is an established HSM and key management vendor serving finance, government, and industrial; operates at much greater scale than CML but addresses an overlapping buyer profile for hardware-rooted security.
• Thales (HSM / Luna business): Thales operates a broad portfolio that includes enterprise HSMs and key management; relevant incumbent benchmark for CML's hardware-backed protection offering despite the much wider product footprint.

Emerging players

• SEALSQ (formerly Crypto4A Technologies / Inside Contactless spinoff ecosystem): SEALQ is an emerging semiconductor/identity player with a focus on hardware-rooted security, secure elements, and post-quantum readiness — comparable scale and trajectory profile to a small R&D-stage firm like CML.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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