Physical security of systems and data

Manager: Lilian Bossuet, University of Saint Etienne

This course is an introduction to the problems of data and system security for embedded systems. It begins with a presentation of security issues, particularly for mobile and communicating embedded systems. Without being exhaustive, this course will present the classic hardware attacks against such systems, as well as the main countermeasures. Finally, security solutions will be studied, including reconfigurable systems (based on FPGAs) and programmable systems (crypto-processors and secure modules).

Course :

• Introduction.
• Safety issues.
• Cryptography.
• Embedded systems security: attacks.
• Embedded systems security: protection.
• Reconfigurable systems and safety.
• Case studies.
• Secure processors and TPM (Trusted Platform Module).

course handout