Cocoon-PUF, a novel mechatronic secure element technology

Kreft, Heinz; Adi, Wael

doi:10.1109/ahs.2012.6268655

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“…There has been some research on monitoring the HSM's interior using e.g. electromagnetic radiation [TZP,KA12] or ultrasound [Vri] but none of this research has found widespread adoption yet.…”

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Can’t Touch This: Inertial HSMs Thwart Advanced Physical Attacks

Götte

Scheuermann

2021

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In this paper, we introduce a novel countermeasure against physical attacks: Inertial Hardware Security Modules (IHSMs). Conventional systems have in common that their security requires the crafting of fine sensor structures that respond to minute manipulations of the monitored security boundary or volume. Our approach is novel in that we reduce the sensitivity requirement of security meshes and other sensors and increase the complexity of any manipulations by rotating the security mesh or sensor at high speed—thereby presenting a moving target to an attacker. Attempts to stop the rotation are easily monitored with commercial MEMS accelerometers and gyroscopes. Our approach leads to an HSM that can easily be built from off-the-shelf parts by any university electronics lab, yet offers a level of security that is comparable to commercial HSMs. We have built a proof-of-concept hardware prototype that demonstrates solutions to the concept’s main engineering challenges. As part of this proof-of-concept, we have found that a system using a coarse security mesh made from commercial printed circuit boards and an automotive high-g-force accelerometer already provides a useful level of security.

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Can’t Touch This: Inertial HSMs Thwart Advanced Physical Attacks

Götte

Scheuermann

2021

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“…This paper is aimed at developing a new RF fingerprinting technology that is capable of producing and using PUFs as a new cryptographic-primitive [10]- [12]. This approach is based on advanced micro and nano materials in combination with microwave technology.…”

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RF identification and security technique for highly-secure UWB information systems

Kheir

Kreft

Knöchel

2013

2013 IEEE 24th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC)

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A simple and reliable technique for securing information systems is presented in this paper. This technique is based on extracting fingerprints from the measured transmission parameters of a microstructured multi-port device. A possible scenario for on-chip implementation of such approach is discussed as well. Similarity measures between all generated fingerprint-tuples are thoroughly studied and investigated. The generalized correlation matrix concept is also employed in order to have a complete insight of the uniqueness and similarity between the generated RFID functions. All measurements are performed in the UWB frequency range. The proposed technique can be a promising candidate for omnipresent physically secured embedded chip information applications.

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