PROACT - Physical Attack Resistance of Cryptographic Algorithms and Circuits with Reduced Time to Market

Asmita Adhikary, Abraham Basurto, Lejla Batina, Ileana Buhan, Joan Daemen, Silvia Mella, Nele Mentens, Stjepan Picek, Durga Lakshmi Ramachandran, Abolfazl Sajadi, Todor Stefanov, Dennis Vermoen, Nusa Zidaric

Abstract: Electronic devices that populate the Internet of Things play increasingly important roles in our everyday lives. When these devices process, store, or communicate personal or company-critical data, digital security becomes a necessity. However, mechanisms to secure electronic systems have a significant influence on the cost of the system and come with an overhead in energy consumption, computational delay, and (silicon) chip area. Therefore, developing secure electronic systems is a balancing act between minimizing the overhead and maximizing the security. Moreover, in rapidly evolving markets, there is another parameter that can have a negative influence on the security strength of electronic devices, namely the time to market: it takes longer to bring a secure product to the market than to develop a product with no or little security measures in place.