Quantifying Overt Hardware Attacks: Using ART Schema

Hardware Attack Mitigation Techniques Analysis

“…Several approaches have been pro-posed to classify hardware attacks based on security levels [69][70][71], algebraic properties [68], accessibility [66], and resources [1,2].…”

“…In [1,2], a classification was proposed based on the resources and awareness needed for an attack to succeed. Attacks were classified based on four criteria: Accessibility (A), Re-sources (R), Time (T), and Awareness (W).…”

“…A victim is unaware of the occurrence of a covert attack but may have knowledge of an overt attack. Overt hardware attacks [1] such as deprocessing and reverse engineering are employed to reveal device functionality in order to steal information and copy devices. Further, some overt attacks introduce hardware trojans [2] by modifying Integrated Circuits (ICs) to create abnormal system behaviour, while others monitor system emissions to obtain information.…”

“…Developing mitigation techniques against these malicious attacks begins with their identification and classification. Hardware attacks can be classified as covert or overt [1,2]. They can also be classified based on the accessibility, resources, and time required for implementation [50].…”

“…They can also be classified based on the accessibility, resources, and time required for implementation [50]. The classification can be used to determine the system requirements to defend against attacks [12,13].…”