Flash-Based Security Primitives: Evolution, Challenges and Future Directions
Over the last two decades, hardware security has gained increasing attention in academia and industry. Flash memory has been given a spotlight in recent years, with the question of whether or not it can prove useful in a security role. Because of inherent process variation in the characteristics of...
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| author | Holden Gordon Jack Edmonds Soroor Ghandali Wei Yan Nima Karimian Fatemeh Tehranipoor |
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| description | Over the last two decades, hardware security has gained increasing attention in academia and industry. Flash memory has been given a spotlight in recent years, with the question of whether or not it can prove useful in a security role. Because of inherent process variation in the characteristics of flash memory modules, they can provide a unique fingerprint for a device and have thus been proposed as locations for hardware security primitives. These primitives include physical unclonable functions (PUFs), true random number generators (TRNGs), and integrated circuit (IC) counterfeit detection. In this paper, we evaluate the efficacy of flash memory-based security primitives and categorize them based on the process variations they exploit, as well as other features. We also compare and evaluate flash-based security primitives in order to identify drawbacks and essential design considerations. Finally, we describe new directions, challenges of research, and possible security vulnerabilities for flash-based security primitives that we believe would benefit from further exploration. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6c8e68db2cc747e9a7cd90e173561b3c2023-12-03T12:22:55ZengMDPI AGCryptography2410-387X2021-02-0151710.3390/cryptography5010007Flash-Based Security Primitives: Evolution, Challenges and Future DirectionsHolden Gordon0Jack Edmonds1Soroor Ghandali2Wei Yan3Nima Karimian4Fatemeh Tehranipoor5Electrical and Computer Engineering, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 95053, USAElectrical and Computer Engineering, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 95053, USAElectrical and Computer Engineering, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 95053, USAElectrical and Computer Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY 13699, USAComputer Engineering, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192, USAElectrical and Computer Engineering, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 95053, USAOver the last two decades, hardware security has gained increasing attention in academia and industry. Flash memory has been given a spotlight in recent years, with the question of whether or not it can prove useful in a security role. Because of inherent process variation in the characteristics of flash memory modules, they can provide a unique fingerprint for a device and have thus been proposed as locations for hardware security primitives. These primitives include physical unclonable functions (PUFs), true random number generators (TRNGs), and integrated circuit (IC) counterfeit detection. In this paper, we evaluate the efficacy of flash memory-based security primitives and categorize them based on the process variations they exploit, as well as other features. We also compare and evaluate flash-based security primitives in order to identify drawbacks and essential design considerations. Finally, we describe new directions, challenges of research, and possible security vulnerabilities for flash-based security primitives that we believe would benefit from further exploration.https://www.mdpi.com/2410-387X/5/1/7flash memoryflash-based physical unclonable functionphysical unclonable function (PUF)true random number generator (TRNG)integrated circuit counterfeit detectionhardware security primitives |
| spellingShingle | Holden Gordon Jack Edmonds Soroor Ghandali Wei Yan Nima Karimian Fatemeh Tehranipoor Flash-Based Security Primitives: Evolution, Challenges and Future Directions Cryptography flash memory flash-based physical unclonable function physical unclonable function (PUF) true random number generator (TRNG) integrated circuit counterfeit detection hardware security primitives |
| title | Flash-Based Security Primitives: Evolution, Challenges and Future Directions |
| title_full | Flash-Based Security Primitives: Evolution, Challenges and Future Directions |
| title_fullStr | Flash-Based Security Primitives: Evolution, Challenges and Future Directions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Flash-Based Security Primitives: Evolution, Challenges and Future Directions |
| title_short | Flash-Based Security Primitives: Evolution, Challenges and Future Directions |
| title_sort | flash based security primitives evolution challenges and future directions |
| topic | flash memory flash-based physical unclonable function physical unclonable function (PUF) true random number generator (TRNG) integrated circuit counterfeit detection hardware security primitives |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2410-387X/5/1/7 |
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