CAREER: Toward Power Delivery Network-aware Hardware Security

职业：迈向电力传输网络感知硬件安全

• 批准号: 2338069
• 负责人: Shahin Tajik
• 金额: $ 59.41万
• 依托单位: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-03-01 至 2029-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2338069&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAREER; Toward; Power; Delivery; Network

Electronic computing hardware forms the foundation of our information systems and cyberinfrastructure. The threats to the physical security of computer chips and countermeasures have been widely researched. However, adversaries with physical access to the system can still bypass conventional defenses and threaten the systems’ security. Examples include tampering with the printed circuit board of a computer chip or removing its package to read out secret keys stored on it. Such attacks, originating at various stages of the microelectronics supply chain, cannot be addressed solely by conventional software security protections due to the lack of awareness about the events occurring at the hardware level.This project investigates technologies that can secure electronic computing hardware against sophisticated physical attacks originating at various stages of the microelectronics supply chain. Central to this project is a better understanding of the computing machine's physical layer, i.e., its power delivery network (PDN) and its role in achieving secure and trusted hardware. There are three research thrusts to investigate: (1) Fusing the existing statistical metrics used for the analysis of PDN-based signatures, enabling non-invasive, holistic, golden-free, and root cause-aware tamper detection; (2) Using information-theoretic notions to investigate the strength of PDN-based side-channel attacks (i.e., impedance analysis) and developing countermeasures; (3) Creating the PDN-based sensors and fingerprints to monitor the physical integrity system. Successful outcomes of this project will significantly improve the security of computing hardware. Moreover, this project includes various outreach activities, such as organizing special sessions and tutorials, open-sourcing benchmarks, and exposing high school students to basic circuit concepts and simple electrical diagnosis tools.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.

电子计算硬件构成了我们信息系统和网络基础设施的基础，计算机芯片的物理安全威胁和对策已得到广泛研究，但是，对系统进行物理访问的对手仍然可以绕过传统防御并威胁系统的安全。示例包括篡改计算机芯片的印刷电路板或移除其封装以读出存储在其上的密钥。此类攻击源自微电子供应链的各个阶段，无法仅通过传统的软件安全保护来解决。对硬件级别发生的事件缺乏认识。该项目研究能够保护电子计算硬件免受源自微电子供应链各个阶段的复杂物理攻击的技术。该项目的核心是更好地了解计算机的物理层。 ，即其电力传输网络（PDN）及其在实现安全可信硬件中的作用需要研究三个研究重点：（1）融合用于分析基于 PDN 的签名的现有统计指标，实现非侵入性。 , 整体性,无黄金和根本原因感知的篡改检测；（2）使用信息论概念来研究基于 PDN 的侧信道攻击的强度（即阻抗分析）并制定对策；（3）创建基于 PDN 的攻击；传感器和指纹来监控物理完整性系统。该项目的成功成果将显着提高计算硬件的安全性。此外，该项目还包括各种外展活动，例如组织特别会议和教程、开源基准测试和高曝光度。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。