Hardware Security and Trust ― Design and Deployment of Integrated Circuits in a Threatened Environment

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to hardware security, from specification to implementation. Applications discussed include embedded systems ranging from small RFID tags to satellites orbiting the earth. The authors describe a design and synthesis flow, which will transform a given circuit into a secure design incorporating counter-measures against fault attacks. In order to address the conflict between testability and security, the authors describe innovative design-for-testability (DFT) computer-aided design (CAD) tools that support security challenges, engineered for compliance with existing, commercial tools. Secure protocols are discussed, which protect access to necessary test infrastructures and enable the design of secure access controllers.

Nicolas Sklavos received the Ph.D. Degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering, and the Diploma in Electrical & Computer Engineering, in 2004 and in 2000 respectively, both from the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, School of Engineering, University of Patras, Greece. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor, with the Computer & Informatics Engineering Department, Technological Educational Institute Western Greece. He is Director of KNOSSOSnet Research Group: Security & Systems Design Group (www.KNOSSOSnet.gr). He is also Assistant Professor, (Adjunct Faculty), with Computer Engineering & Informatics Department, School of Engineering, University of Patras, Greece, from 2007. N. Sklavos has participated to a great number of European and National projects, with both research & management activities, funding by the European Commission or/and National resources. He holds an award for his PhD thesis on “VLSI Designs of Wireless Communications Security Systems”, from IFIP VLSI SOC, Germany, 2003. He has been awarded with post-doctoral research scholarship, from the National Scholarship Foundation, for 2005-2007. He is Editor in Chief of Information Security Journal: a Global Perspective, Taylor Francis Group. He serves as Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions of Latin America, Computers & Electrical Engineering Journal, Elsevier, and the Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hindawi. He has been invited as Guest Editor of Special Issues of several publishers.