We are very happy to announce the following keynote speakers (in alphabetical order):
Title: Beyond the Lab: Real-Time Applications of Power and EM Side-Channel Analysis
Speaker: Domenic Forte (U Florida)
Short Summary: In recent years, power and electromagnetic (EM) side-channel analysis (SCA) has made significant strides within laboratory environments, yielding remarkable results in both offensive and defensive cybersecurity applications. However, the transition from controlled lab settings to real-world scenarios remains overlooked. This keynote addresses the imperative need to evolve side-channel analysis methodologies to meet real-time constraints, thus enhancing their practical utility for critical applications in intelligence and defense. In this presentation, we will explore the limitations of current lab-based SCA techniques and discuss the adaptations necessary for deploying these methods in dynamic and unpredictable environments. By delving into case studies and recent advancements, the presentation will illustrate how real-time SCA can be effectively utilized for offensive intelligence capabilities, enabling the extraction of cryptographic keys from active systems. On the defensive front, we will examine how SCA can enhance malware detection and disassembly, providing robust countermeasures against sophisticated cyber threats.
Short Bio: Domenic Forte is a Professor and the Steven A. Yatauro Faculty Fellow with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at University of Florida. He is also Associate Director for the Florida Institute for National Security (FINS). His research covers the domain of hardware security from transistors to printed circuit boards where he has over 250 publications and 20 patents. Dr. Forte is a senior member of the IEEE and the ACM and serves or has served on the technical program committees of prestigious events such as USENIX Security, NDSS, HOST, ASHES, DAC, ICCAD, ITC, ISTFA, and BTAS. Dr. Forte is a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the NSF CAREER Award, and the ARO Young Investigator Award. For teaching and advising, he has received the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award, the Excellence in Teaching Award from UF’s ECE Graduate Student Organization, and the George Corcoran Outstanding Teaching Award from University of Maryland.
Title: Hardware Security: State of the Art
Speaker: Ingrid Verbauwhede (KU Leuven)
Short Summary:
Hardware security is the root of trust in all modern ICT (Information and Communications Technology) systems. However, it has a different meaning for different communities and it has a very broad scope. It covers efficient, secure implementations of new generations of cryptography such as light-weight crypto, post-quantum crypto as well as advanced schemes such as zero-knowledge proofs, fully homomorphic encryption, and computing on encrypted data in general. Yet, implementations also must resist a wide variety of side-channel, fault, and micro-architectural attacks. Post-quantum algorithms might resist the attacks developed for quantum computers. Yet, they also have to be resistant to these attacks on classic platforms. Security protocols rely on more than only cryptographic algorithms. They require analog and digital circuit techniques to design quality true random number generators, physically unclonable functions, secure key storage, and many more. Recent report on “Revitalizing the U.S. Semiconductor Ecosystem” (from Executive Office of the President, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, September 2022) describes a set of recommendations on semiconductors and system security. In this presentation, we will demonstrate how our research addresses these recommendations and we will illustrate this with recent results.
Short Bio:
Dr. Ir. Ingrid Verbauwhede is a Professor in the research group COSIC at KU Leuven. She is a fellow of IEEE and IACR. She is a member of the Royal Academy of Belgium. She received the IEEE 2017 Computer Society Technical Achievement Award. She delivered the 2022 IACR distinguished lecture. She received the 2023 IEEE Don Pederson award from the IEEE SSCS Society, and the 2024 EDAA Achievement Award. She received two ERC Advanced Grants: one in 2016 and a second one in 2021. She is a pioneer in the field of efficient and secure implementations of cryptographic algorithms on many different platforms: ASIC, FPGA, embedded, and cloud. With her research, she bridges the gaps between electronics, the mathematics of cryptography, and the security of trusted computing. Her group owns and operates an advanced electronic security evaluation lab at the KU Leuven.