Collaborative Research: SaTC: CORE: Medium: Security and Robustness for Intermittent Computing Using Cross-Layer Post-CMOS Approaches

协作研究：SaTC：CORE：中：使用跨层后 CMOS 方法的间歇计算的安全性和鲁棒性

• 批准号: 2303116
• 负责人: David Pan
• 金额: $ 40万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2026-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2303116&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; SaTC; CORE; Medium

This research project is at the forefront of addressing security vulnerabilities in resource-limited, normally-off energy harvesting devices widely utilized across various Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Ranging from wearable devices to remote sensing and industrial systems, the potential impact of securing these devices is significant. The project's novelties are its focus on discovering the inherent vulnerabilities of these devices, including physical attacks, unanticipated power outages and failures, and other unique threats, and proposing effective solutions for them. Exploiting these vulnerabilities could lead to irreparable damage to property and lives, considering the extensive network of connected devices. The project's broader significance and importance lie in the critical need for comprehensive, lightweight defense strategies, as the existing ones either exhibit high overheads or are incomplete, rendering them unfit for resource-constrained nodes.The technical approach of this research revolves around the development of Secure Intermittent-Robust Computation (SIRC) for these computing nodes. This is achieved by capitalizing on emerging non-volatile (NV), spin-based devices to construct lightweight reconfigurable logic. The assurance of intermittent-robust computation during various attacks is facilitated by storing intermediate circuit values in NV devices. Concurrently, the research employs innovative circuit-architecture-algorithm techniques, promising notable advances in the domain of IoT security. This research effectively bridges the gap between the ever-present security threats and the limitations of current defense schemes, marking a significant stride toward the resilient future of IoT applications.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该研究项目是解决资源有限的，通常是在各种物联网（IoT）应用程序中广泛使用的资源限制的，通常是能源收集设备的最前沿。从可穿戴设备到遥感和工业系统，保护这些设备的潜在影响很大。该项目的新颖性是它的重点是发现这些设备的固有漏洞，包括物理攻击，意外的停电和故障以及其他独特的威胁，并为其提出有效的解决方案。考虑到广泛的连接设备网络，利用这些漏洞可能会导致对财产和生命的无法弥补的损害。该项目的重要意义和重要性在于对全面，轻巧的防御策略的迫切需求，因为现有的策略要么表现出高度或不完整的策略，因此这些研究的技术方法围绕这些计算节点的安全间歇性计算（SIRC）的开发而使它们不适合资源受限的节点。这是通过利用新兴的非易失性（NV），基于自旋的设备来构建轻质重新配置逻辑来实现的。通过在NV设备中存储中间电路值来促进各种攻击期间间歇性计算的保证。同时，该研究采用了创新的电路 - 构造 - 叠加技术，有望在物联网安全领域取得显着进步。这项研究有效地弥合了永远存在的安全威胁与当前的防御计划的局限性之间的差距，这标志着对物联网应用的弹性未来的重大迈进。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛影响的评估来通过评估来获得支持的。