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Security Components and Mechanisms

We integrate and apply security technologies, standards, guidelines and best practices for computing platforms and information systems.

Overview

The Security Components and Mechanisms (SCM) Group’s security research focuses on the development and management of foundational building-block security mechanisms and techniques that can be integrated into a wide variety of mission-critical U.S. information systems. The group’s work spans a spectrum from near-term hardening and improvement to the design and analysis of next-generation, leapahead security capabilities. Computer security depends fundamentally on the level of trust that can be established for computer software and systems. This work, therefore, focuses strongly on assurance building activities ranging from the analysis of software configuration settings to advanced trust architectures to testing tools that surface flaws in software modules.

For more information regarding the The Security Components and Mechanisms Group, visit the CSRC website.

Projects / Programs

Publications

Hardware Security Failure Scenarios

Author(s)
Peter Mell, Irena Bojanova
Historically, hardware has been assumed to be inherently secure. However, chips are both created with software and contain complex encodings (e.g., circuit

IP Security in Structured ASIC: Challenges and Prospects

Author(s)
Rasheed Almawzan, Sudipta Paria, Aritra Dasgupta, Kostas Amberiadis, Swarup Bhunia
With the globalization of hardware manufacturing and the growing demand for electronics, companies now heavily rely on offshore facilities for most of the

Awards

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