The 'Introduction to Hardware Security' is an intermediate-level course in the 'Hardware Security Tutorial Series'. It covers chip security design concepts, hardware attack and defense theories, totaling 54 hours of lecturing taught by Dr. Kent Chuang, R&D Manager at PUFsecurity. This physical course includes hands-on projects with Chipwhisperer board, which students will learn methodologies of chip attacks and international standard PUF/TRNG designs.

Below this page, you can find filmings from the 2019 course available on YouTube. Note that the videos do not include hands-on content.

Course Schedule

According to the National Tsing Hua University calendar, the course is offered in the first semester of each academic year, typically starting in September.

Registration:

Due to limited course capacity, submitting a resume is required for enrollment. Students will be admitted and provided with learning suggestions and materials until full admission.

Recommended Prior Knowledges

1. C language

2. Binary operations

3. Electronics (RLC & MOSFET fundamentals)

4. Fundamental Arduino syntax

In this course, you will learn:

• What is hardware security?

• Operation and design concepts of Secure System-on-Chip (SoC)

• Design considerations for hardware security

• Mechanisms of SHA/AES/RSA/ECC algorithms

• Fundamentals of applications with MAC/HMAC, CRC, ECDH/ECDSA

• Basics of entropy and true/pseudo-random number generation

• Fundamental design and applications of Physical Unclonable Function (PUF)

• Designing and Countermeasures for hardware layer attacks

This course covers:

Chapter 1 Introduction

　　• Hardware Security Overview I

　　• Hardware Security Overview II

Chapter 2 Algorithms

　　• Basic Math and Statistics

　　• Symmetric Key

　　• Hash Function

Chapter 3 Physical Attacks

　　• Phydical Attack

　　• Side-Channel Attacks

　　• Hands-on Session

　　• Anti-tampering Techniques

Mid-term Exam: Chapter 1 to 3

Chapter 4 Root of Trust

　　• Random Number Generators

　　• Secure Operation and Root-of-trust

　　• Physically Unclonable Functions

Chapter 5 Advanced Algorithms

　　• Public Key Cryptography

　　• Post Quantum Cryptography

Final Project: Attack Practice/Entropy Source Design