Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is arguably the most popular symmetric block cipher
algorithm. The commonly used mode of operation in AES is the Electronic Codebook (ECB) …

Aimed at improving the resistance against power analysis attacks, a systematic and
architectural design approach for multicore processors is proposed in this article and is …

This paper explores the security vulnerability of Personal Identification Number (PIN) or
numeric passwords. Entry Device (PEDs) that use small strings of data (PINs, keys or …

Ensuring protection against side channel attacks (SCAs) is a crucial requirement in the
design of modern secure embedded systems. Profiled SCAs, the class to which template …

Security of embedded computing systems is becoming paramount as these devices become
more ubiquitous, contain personal information and are increasingly used for financial …

Power-based side channel attacks are effective in revealing the secret keys of cryptographic
algorithm implementations running on soft processor systems. This paper, for the first time …

This paper presents new power analysis attack (PAA) countermeasures for nanoscale
cryptographic devices. Specifically, three circuit level architectures called partial decoupling …

Power based side-channel attacks attempt to obtain the secret key from implementations of
cryptographic algorithms, such as Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), by analyzing the …

In critical communication infrastructures, hardware accelerators are often used to speed up
cryptographic calculations. Their resistance to physical attacks determines how secure the …

Modern cryptographic circuits are increasingly demanding security requirements. Since its
invention, power analysis attacks are a threat to the security of such circuits. In order to …