ASCENT: Amplifying Power Side-Channel Resilience via Learning & Monte-Carlo Tree Search

J Bhandari, AB Chowdhury, O Sinanoglu… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Power side-channel (PSC) analysis is pivotal for securing cryptographic hardware. Prior art
focused on securing gate-level netlists obtained as-is from chip design automation …

Lightweight Masking Against Static Power Side-Channel Attacks

J Bhandari, M Nabeel, L Mankali, O Sinanoglu… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
This paper presents a novel defense strategy against static power side-channel attacks
(PSCAs), a critical threat to cryptographic security. Our method is based on (1) carefully …

[PDF][PDF] EDA Workflow for Optimization of Robust Model Probing-Compliant Masked Hardware Gadgets

DS Koblah, F Ganji, D Mehta, D Forte, M Hashemi - dforte.ece.ufl.edu
Side-channel analysis poses a threat to securitycritical systems, enabling attackers to exploit
the unintended information leakage. To mitigate its effect, masking serves as a provably …