SciEngines

SciEngines

SciEngines GmbH

Kiel, Germany

Digital ForensicsOffensive Security
Founded 2007Serves Public Sector, Enterprise
Profile last updated: April 16, 2026

About

Founded in 2007, SciEngines is a cybersecurity company based in Kiel, Germany working in digital forensics, offensive security.

SciEngines is a German company based in Kiel, founded in 2007, that develops reconfigurable high performance computing systems built on FPGA technology. Its main focus is high performance computing and IT security, in particular cryptanalysis, for which it offers turn-key solutions. The RIVYERA and COPACOBANA hardware platforms, together with the se_decrypt cryptanalysis framework and supporting management and monitoring tools, serve government, law enforcement, defence and intelligence users as well as companies and researchers conducting penetration testing, password strength assessment and digital forensics. The company also provides cryptanalysis IP cores covering a large number of targets and offers consulting and sales engineering. Beyond security, its FPGA systems are applied to finance, bioinformatics and other computationally intensive scientific and engineering fields. The company has a Danish subsidiary, SciEngines ApS, in Copenhagen.

Location

Kiel, Germany

Founded

2007

Company type

Limited company

Legal name

SciEngines GmbH

Focus areas

FPGAHigh Performance ComputingCryptanalysisDigital ForensicsReconfigurable ComputingIT Security

Languages

EN

Services & products

Security domains

Digital ForensicsOffensive Security

How they deliver

HardwareSoftwareConsulting

Products

RIVYERA

Cryptanalysis hardware platform

FPGA-based reconfigurable high performance computers used for cryptanalysis and other compute-intensive workloads, scalable into clusters.

COPACOBANA

Cryptanalysis hardware platform

Earlier FPGA-based cryptanalysis computer series, predecessor to the RIVYERA architecture.

se_decrypt

Password and encryption recovery software

Main cryptanalysis framework providing keyspace distribution, resume points, rules and dictionary handling for large-scale processing of encrypted files, containers and packet captures. Can run standalone or with RIVYERA hardware.

se_cryptosuite

Cryptanalysis management software

Graphical user interface for se_decrypt to manage work queues and individual analysis processes.

se_mon

FPGA test and monitoring tool

Command-line monitoring tool for testing HDL designs on FPGAs by executing API functions as shell commands.

se_cluster

Cluster management software

Utility for configuring and administering multiple RIVYERA computers as a single cluster from a central node.

se_dashboard

Centralised management software

Centralised management tool for configuring RIVYERA systems.

Customers

Public SectorEnterprise

Industries served

FinanceLife SciencesEngineeringNatural Sciences

People

Management & team (1)

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