Memorias de investigación
Research Publications in journals:
Compiler Optimizations as a Countermeasure against Side-Channel Analysis in MSP430-Based Devices
Year:2012

Research Areas
  • Electronic technology and of the communications,
  • Information technology and adata processing,
  • Design of electronic systems with microprocessing systems

Information
Abstract
Ambient Intelligence (AmI) requires devices everywhere, dynamic and massively distributed networks of low-cost nodes that, among other data, manage private information or control restricted operations. MSP430, a 16-bit microcontroller, is used in WSN platforms, as the TelosB. Physical access to devices cannot be restricted, so attackers consider them a target of their malicious attacks in order to obtain access to the network. Side-channel analysis (SCA) easily exploits leakages from the execution of encryption algorithms that are dependent on critical data to guess the key value. In this paper we present an evaluation framework that facilitates the analysis of the effects of compiler and backend optimizations on the resistance against statistical SCA. We propose an optimization-based software countermeasure that can be used in current low-cost devices to radically increase resistance against statistical SCA, analyzed with the new framework.
International
Si
JCR
Si
Title
Sensors
ISBN
1424-8220
Impact factor JCR
1,739
Impact info
Volume
12
10.3390/s120607994
Journal number
6
From page
7994
To page
8012
Month
SIN MES
Ranking
Q1 INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION (14/58)
Participants

Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Laboratorio de Sistemas Integrados (LSI)
  • Departamento: Ingeniería Electrónica