This course covers basic concepts in the security of hardware systems. Topics covered include active and passive attacks, reverse engineering, counterfeiting, and design of hardware security primitives (e.g., random number generators, physical unclonable functions, crypto-processors). Lab sessions will give students hands on experience with performing attacks, developing countermeasures, and implementing secure hardware building blocks. Students are expected to have basic knowledge of digital logic and Register-Transfer Level (RTL) design, but no specific background in security/cryptography is necessary.

Syllabus

https://courses.ece.cmu.edu/18632

Class format

Lecture and project-based

Home department

ECE

Target audience

MS / Ph.D. hardware students

Background required

Basic knowledge of digital logic and Register-Transfer Level (RTL) design

Faculty and instructors who have taught this course in the past

Ken Mai