Software and Critical Technology Protection against Side-Channel Analysis through Dynamic Hardware Obfuscation - Softcover

Bochert, John R

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1288307195 ISBN 13: 9781288307197

Publisher: Biblioscholar, 2012

Synopsis

Side Channel Analysis (SCA) is a method by which an adversary can gather information about a processor by examining the activity being done on a microchip though the environment surrounding the chip. Side Channel Analysis attacks use SCA to attack a microcontroller when it is processing cryptographic code, and can allow an attacker to gain secret information, like a crypto-algorithm's key. The purpose of this thesis is to test proposed dynamic hardware methods to increase the hardware security of a microprocessor such that the software code being run on the microprocessor can be made more secure without having to change the code. This thesis uses the Java Optimized Processor (JOP) to identify and _x SCA vulnerabilities to give a processor running RSA or AES code more protection against SCA attacks.

Edition details

• Publisher: Biblioscholar
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1288307195
• ISBN 13: 9781288307197
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 162