TY - GEN
T1 - Security trade-offs in microfluidic routing fabrics
AU - Tang, Jack
AU - Ibrahim, Mohamed
AU - Chakrabarty, Krishnendu
AU - Karri, Ramesh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/11/22
Y1 - 2017/11/22
N2 - Microfluidic routing fabrics, or crossbars, based on transposer primitives provide benefits in manufacturability, performance, and on-the-fly reconfigurability. Many applications in microfluidics, such as DNA barcoding for single-cell analysis, are expected to benefit from these new devices. However, the control of these critical devices poses new security questions that may impact the functional integrity of a microbiology application. This paper explores the many security implications of microfluidic crossbars that directly result from their structure, programmability and use in critical applications. We analyze security performance using new metrics describing how fluids can be 'scattered' to incorrect locations under fault-injection attacks, and from these derive a probability model describing the likelihood of a successful attack. We present a case study of a recently described routing fabric proposed for use in a hybrid DNA barcoding platform, and discuss how fabric designers can improve security through architectural choices.
AB - Microfluidic routing fabrics, or crossbars, based on transposer primitives provide benefits in manufacturability, performance, and on-the-fly reconfigurability. Many applications in microfluidics, such as DNA barcoding for single-cell analysis, are expected to benefit from these new devices. However, the control of these critical devices poses new security questions that may impact the functional integrity of a microbiology application. This paper explores the many security implications of microfluidic crossbars that directly result from their structure, programmability and use in critical applications. We analyze security performance using new metrics describing how fluids can be 'scattered' to incorrect locations under fault-injection attacks, and from these derive a probability model describing the likelihood of a successful attack. We present a case study of a recently described routing fabric proposed for use in a hybrid DNA barcoding platform, and discuss how fabric designers can improve security through architectural choices.
KW - biochips
KW - microfluidics
KW - security
KW - transposer
KW - trust
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U2 - 10.1109/ICCD.2017.13
DO - 10.1109/ICCD.2017.13
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85041649013
T3 - Proceedings - 35th IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2017
SP - 25
EP - 32
BT - Proceedings - 35th IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2017
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 35th IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2017
Y2 - 5 November 2017 through 8 November 2017
ER -