A design-space exploration for allocating security tasks in multicore real-time systems

M Hasan, S Mohan, R Pellizzoni… - … Design, Automation & …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The increased capabilities of modern real-time systems (RTS) expose them to various
security threats. Recently, frameworks that integrate security tasks without perturbing the real …

Period adaptation for continuous security monitoring in multicore real-time systems

M Hasan, S Mohan, R Pellizzoni… - … Design, Automation & …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose HYDRA-C, a design-time evaluation framework for integrating monitoring
mechanisms in multicore real-time systems (RTS). Our goal is to ensure that security (or …

Exploring opportunistic execution for integrating security into legacy hard real-time systems

M Hasan, S Mohan, RB Bobba… - 2016 IEEE Real-Time …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to physical isolation as well as use of proprietary hardware and protocols, traditional
real-time systems (RTS) were considered to be invulnerable to security breaches and …

Contego: An adaptive framework for integrating security tasks in real-time systems

M Hasan, S Mohan, R Pellizzoni, RB Bobba - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2017 - arxiv.org
Embedded real-time systems (RTS) are pervasive. Many modern RTS are exposed to
unknown security flaws, and threats to RTS are growing in both number and sophistication …

Real-time systems security through scheduler constraints

S Mohan, MK Yoon, R Pellizzoni… - 2014 26th Euromicro …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Real-time systems (RTS) were typically considered to be invulnerable to external attacks,
mainly due to their use of proprietary hardware and protocols, as well as physical isolation …

Improving security for time-triggered real-time systems with task replication

K Krüger, G Fohler, M Völp… - 2018 IEEE 24th …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Time-triggered real-time systems achieve deterministic behaviour, making them suitable for
safety-critical environments. However, this determinism also allows attackers to finetune …

A reconnaissance attack mechanism for fixed-priority real-time systems

CY Chen, AE Ghassami, S Mohan, N Kiyavash… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2017 - arxiv.org
In real-time embedded systems (RTS), failures due to security breaches can cause serious
damage to the system, the environment and/or injury to humans. Therefore, it is very …

Reorder: Securing dynamic-priority real-time systems using schedule obfuscation

CY Chen, M Hasan, AE Ghassami, S Mohan… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2018 - arxiv.org
The deterministic (timing) behavior of real-time systems (RTS) can be used by adversaries-
say, to launch side channel attacks or even destabilize the system by denying access to …

Phylax: Snapshot-based profiling of real-time embedded devices via jtag interface

C Konstantinou, E Chielle… - … Design, Automation & …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Real-time embedded systems play a significant role in the functionality of critical
infrastructure. Legacy microprocessor-based embedded systems, however, have not been …

Integrating security constraints into fixed priority real-time schedulers

S Mohan, MK Yoon, R Pellizzoni, RB Bobba - Real-Time Systems, 2016 - Springer
Traditionally, most real-time systems (RTS) were considered to be invulnerable to security
breaches and external attacks. This was mainly due to the use of proprietary hardware and …