Inovace laboratoře bezpečnostní analýzy mikročipů

The laboratory of chip security analysis will serve for educational purposes that
combine software and hardware approach to security. The topics will cover
possible attacks in form of eavesdropping, side channel analysis (e.g. in chip
cards) and especially direct hardware analysis of the chips.

The laboratory
will provide one workplace that will server, besides other activities, for
preparation of e-learning materials (such as instruction videos, database of
uncased chips etc.). These will be used during lectures but more importantly for
hand-on activities and realization of projects in IT security courses. In the
laboratory, there is Olympus BX61M optical microscope that is being used for
basic technical analysis of chips. However, it has already reached its technical
limits. The demand for analysis of more sophisticated chips cannot be fulfilled
due to the physical limitations of this optical device. We are not able to
recognize basic blocks of a chip even with the maximal zoom. An extension by
better lenses has not been recommended by the vendor. Hence, we would like to get
a new device (PHENOM G2 PURE electron microscope) that pushes the boundaries of
possible observations and enables the examination of the contemporary integrated
circuits. Form educational point of view, it is desirable to allow students to
observe modern technologies practically. The laboratory will serve for education
in following courses: Information System Security (BIS), Information System
Security and Cryptography (BID), Cryptography (KRY), Intelligent Sensors (SEN),
Advanced Assembly Languages (IPA) and Digital Systems Design (INC). Additionally,
it will serve for bachelor's and master's research projects. A part of the
project will be also development of software that will support analysis of image
data acquired by the microscope.