DATE: Defense Against TEmperature Side-Channel Attacks in DVFS Enabled MPSoCs

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2007.01377v1
• Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2020 20:41:23 GMT
• Title: DATE: Defense Against TEmperature Side-Channel Attacks in DVFS Enabled MPSoCs
• Abstract summary: We propose a novel approach of reducing spatial and temporal thermal gradient, which makes the system more secure against temperature side-channel attacks. We introduce a new metric, Thermal-Security-in-Multi-Processors (TSMP), which is capable of quantifying the security against temperature side-channel attacks on computing systems.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Given the constant rise in utilizing embedded devices in daily life, side channels remain a challenge to information flow control and security in such systems. One such important security flaw could be exploited through temperature side-channel attacks, where heat dissipation and propagation from the processing elements are observed over time in order to deduce security flaws. In our proposed methodology, DATE: Defense Against TEmperature side-channel attacks, we propose a novel approach of reducing spatial and temporal thermal gradient, which makes the system more secure against temperature side-channel attacks, and at the same time increases the reliability of the device in terms of lifespan. In this paper, we have also introduced a new metric, Thermal-Security-in-Multi-Processors (TSMP), which is capable of quantifying the security against temperature side-channel attacks on computing systems, and DATE is evaluated to be 139.24% more secure at the most for certain applications than the state-of-the-art, while reducing thermal cycle by 67.42% at the most.

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