A survey of microarchitecture support for embedded processor security

Arun K. Kanuparthi; Ramesh Karri; Gaston Ormazabal; Sateesh K. Addepalli

doi:10.1109/ISVLSI.2012.64

A survey of microarchitecture support for embedded processor security

Arun K. Kanuparthi, Ramesh Karri, Gaston Ormazabal, Sateesh K. Addepalli

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Abstract

The number of attacks on embedded processors is on the rise. Attackers exploit vulnerabilities in the software to launch new attacks and get unauthorized access to sensitive information stored in these devices. Several solutions have been proposed by both the academia and the industry to protect the programs running on these embedded-processor based computer systems. After a description of the several attacks that threaten a computer system, this paper surveys existing defenses - software-based and hardware-based (watchdog checkers, integrity trees, memory encryption, and modification of processor architecture), that protect against such attacks. This paper also provides a comparative discussion of their advantages and disadvantages.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2012 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI 2012
Pages	368-373
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISVLSI.2012.64
State	Published - 2012
Event	2012 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI 2012 - Amherst, MA, United States Duration: Aug 19 2012 → Aug 21 2012

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Name	Proceedings - 2012 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI 2012

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Other	2012 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI 2012
Country/Territory	United States
City	Amherst, MA
Period	8/19/12 → 8/21/12

Keywords

Dynamic Integrity Checking
Embedded Processors
Hardware Security
Microarchitecture Support

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Kanuparthi, A. K., Karri, R., Ormazabal, G., & Addepalli, S. K. (2012). A survey of microarchitecture support for embedded processor security. In Proceedings - 2012 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI 2012 (pp. 368-373). Article 6296501 (Proceedings - 2012 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI 2012). https://doi.org/10.1109/ISVLSI.2012.64

A survey of microarchitecture support for embedded processor security. / Kanuparthi, Arun K.; Karri, Ramesh; Ormazabal, Gaston et al.
Proceedings - 2012 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI 2012. 2012. p. 368-373 6296501 (Proceedings - 2012 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI 2012).

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Kanuparthi, AK, Karri, R, Ormazabal, G & Addepalli, SK 2012, A survey of microarchitecture support for embedded processor security. in Proceedings - 2012 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI 2012., 6296501, Proceedings - 2012 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI 2012, pp. 368-373, 2012 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI 2012, Amherst, MA, United States, 8/19/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISVLSI.2012.64

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