Embedded System Security Lab

Catalog description

This course studies the security issue related to hardware, especially ‎embedded systems. It covers the basics of microcontrollers, including its architecture, peripherals, ‎and commands. Different security related schemes will be introduced, such as encryption (MD5), side ‎channel analysis, hardware trojans, and physical layer identifications. This course will also focus on ‎hardware/software project implementations on a simple ARM development kit. Introduction to several security topics with a focus on threats that are especially concerning for embedded ‎systems such as embedded software security, cryptographic protocol attacks, JTAG and ‎UART probing, side-channel analysis and fault-injection, and hardware Trojans. Performing security ‎assessments of multiple implementations of embedded systems.‎