Introduction to Hardware Security

(2 Credits)

This seminar-type course covers topics related to security and trustworthiness of electronic hardware and systems. Lectures and in-class discussions on recent research papers cover the following topics: Trustworthiness of integrated circuits; counterfeit chips, hardware Trojans, reverse engineering and IP piracy. Design-for-Trust; hardware metering, logic locking, split manufacturing, IC camouflaging; testability vs Security; misuse of test infrastructure to attack encryption hardware and countermeasures. Lectures are complemented by hands-on lab exercises. A comprehensive final exam will be used to assess the understanding of foundational concepts.