In the context of hardware trust and assurance, reverse engineering has been often
considered as an illegal action. Generally speaking, reverse engineering aims to retrieve …

Hardware security is a major concern for the entire semiconductor ecosystem that accounts
for billions of dollars in annual losses. Similarly, information security is a critical need for the …

The rapid improvement in the global connectivity standards has escalated the level of trade
taking place among different parties. Advanced communication standards are allowing the …

Logic locking has emerged as a promising technique for protecting gate-level
semiconductor intellectual property. However, recent work has shown that such gate-level …

The complexity of the electronics supply chain has grown significantly due to the expansion
of globalization in the 21st century. Electronic parts are now manufactured, distributed, and …

Over the past two decades, globalized outsourcing in the semiconductor supply chain has
lowered manufacturing costs and shortened the time-to-market for original equipment …

Logic locking has recently been proposed as a solution for protecting gatelevel
semiconductor intellectual property (IP). However, numerous attacks have been mounted on …

Security of a computer system has been traditionally related to the security of the software or
the information being processed. The underlying hardware used for information processing …

Electronic systems are ubiquitous today, playing an irreplaceable role in our personal lives,
as well as in critical infrastructures such as power grids, satellite communications, and public …

Due to the prohibitive costs of semiconductor manufacturing, most system-on-chip design
companies outsource their production to offshore foundries. As most of these devices are …