Nano Security: From Nano-Electronics to Secure Systems
Ilia Polian1, Frank Altmann2, Tolga Arul3, Christian Boit4, Ralf Brederlow5, Lucas Davi6, Rolf Drechsler7, Nan Du8, Thomas Eisenbarth9, Tim Güneysu10, Sascha Hermann11, Matthias Hiller12, Rainer Leupers13, Farhad Merchant13, Thomas Mussenbrock14, Stefan Katzenbeisser3, Akash Kumar15, Wolfgang Kunz16, Thomas Mikolajick17, Vivek Pachauri18, Jean-Pierre Seifert19, Frank Sill Torres20 and Jens Trommer21
11Institute of Computer Engineering and Computer Architecture, University of Stuttgart
2Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems (IMWS), Halle
3Chair of Computer Engineering, University of Passau
4Institute for Radio-Frequency and Semiconductor Technologies, TU Berlin
5Chair for Circuit Design, TU Munich
6Secure Software Systems Group, University Duisburg-Essen
7Computer Architecture Group, University of Bremen
8Material Systems and Nanoelectronics Group, TU Chemnitz
9Institute for IT Security, University of L¨ubeck
10Secure Hardware Group, Ruhr-University of Bochum
11Center for Microtechnologies, TU Chemnitz
12Fraunhofer Institute for Applied and Integrated Security
13Institute for Communication Technologies and Embedded Systems, RWTH Aachen University
14Chair of Plasma Technology, Ruhr University Bochum
15Chair for Processor Design, TU Dresden
16Chair for Electronic Design Automation, TU Kaiserslautern
17NamLab gGmbH, Dresden
18Institute of Materials in Electrical Engineering 1, RWTH Aachen University
19Chair for Security in Telecommunications, TU Berlin
20Department for Resilience of Maritime Systems, DLR Bremerhaven (all affiliations are in Germany)
ABSTRACT
The field of computer hardware stands at the verge of a revolution driven by recent breakthroughs in emerging nanodevices. "Nano Security" is a new Priority Program recently approved by DFG, the German Research Council. This initialstage project initiative at the crossroads of nano-electronics and hardware-oriented security includes 11 projects with a total of 23 Principal Investigators from 18 German institutions. It considers the interplay between security and nano-electronics, focusing on a dichotomy which emerging nano-devices (and their architectural implications) have on system security. The projects within the Priority Program consider both: potential security threats and vulnerabilities stemming from novel nano-electronics, and innovative approaches to establishing and improving system security based on nano-electronics. This paper provides an overview of the Priority Programüs overall philosophy and discusses the scientific objectives of its individual projects.
