Abstract: System and techniques for secure unlock to access debug hardware are described herein. A cryptographic key may be received at a hardware debug access port of a device. A digest may be computed from the cryptographic key at an unlock unit of the device. A fuse value may be received from a non-volatile read-only storage on the device. The digest and the fuse value may be compared to determine whether they are the same. A pass-fail pulse may be provided that indicates the result of the comparing.