DEFending Integrated Circuit Layouts

ePrint Report: DEFending Integrated Circuit Layouts

Jitendra Bhandari, Jayanth Gopinath, Mohammed Ashraf, Johann Knechtel, Ramesh Karri

The production of modern integrated circuit (IC) requires a complex, outsourced supply chain involving computer-aided design (CAD) tools, expert knowledge, and advanced foundries. This complexity has led to various security threats, such as Trojans inserted by
adversaries during outsourcing, and physical probing or manipulation of devices at run-time. Our proposed solution, DEFense is an extensible CAD framework for evaluating and proactively mitigating threats to …

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