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ECE Seminar: Vincent Immler ECE Seminar: Vincent Immler Researcher Fraunhofer Institute Applied and Integrated Security in Germany Faculty host: Michel Kinsy Light refreshments will be available outside of PHO 901 at 10:45 am. Title: Your Silicon is Not Enough: On the Future of PUFs and Tamper-Protection for Multiple-Chip Modules Abstract: Physical attacks are a severe threat for devices operating in an unattended environment, as the attacker has control of the device and may carry out arbitrary attacks. While countermeasures exist on an IC-level, their adoption is hampered by a costly development and a long time-to-market. Especially for low-volume products this is typically not a feasible option. Ideally, the development of the device and the implementation of its security mechanisms could be separated such that the physical security can be added as an after-market component. This would allow to use commercial-off-the-shelf ICs and at the same time, achieve a higher level of security which is the scenario of many sensitive applications, i.e., in the banking or governmental area. In this talk, we are going to cover the full spectrum from the physical level, to analog, over to digital, to explain what is needed for such an after-market tamper-protection mechanism. This will include previous commercial approaches and current results of an ongoing development. Afterwards, I will conclude this talk by presenting an outlook in addition to future work which is intended to encourage others to work in this highly underrated domain. Speaker Bio: Vincent Immler is a researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied and Integrated Security near Munich, Germany. Author of the 2018 BEST Paper Award at the IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST). His work on unhackable hardware envelope was featured in this month's IEEE Spectrum. He is also a PhD candidate at Technical University of Munich (TUM). His research focuses on tamper-resistant hardware architectures. However, he is interested in all aspects of security. Prior to his current position, Vincent worked at IBM R&D and ESCRYPT, company specialized in the development and implementation of large scale security solutions. He holds a degree IT-Security from Ruhr-University Bochum. Flyer: http://www.bu.edu/eng/files/2018/05/Vincent-Immler-Materials.jpg