Title :
Resilient security system by deploying dynamic crypto-architectures
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ. of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
Abstract :
A resilient security system is defined to be a system, which even if a part of its security functions is broken, the system would not collapse and would re-synchronize its security confidence level. The paper proposes the use of evolvable, clone-resistant hardware security modules which are kept self-changing together with the operational-profile in a non-predictable, unknown manner by using self-configuring VLSI architectures. The usually non-useful Security by obscurity strategy becomes a usable design parameter. The proposed system security relies first on an initial physical hardwired clone-resistant identity module anchor having a crypto-significant e-DNA chain. A sample system setup would be demonstrated showing the operability of the system and its resilient highly-stable security level. It would be also shown how the system could resynchronize its security and does not collapse in case of breaking one of its ciphers or if a cloning attack becomes successful. The system is inspired mainly from the biological natural mode real life systems.
Keywords :
DNA; biocomputing; cryptography; VLSI architectures; biological natural mode real life systems; clone-resistant hardware security modules; cloning attack; crypto-significant e-DNA chain; dynamic crypto-architectures; physical hardwired clone-resistant identity module; resilient security system; security confidence level; Biological systems; Computer architecture; Cryptography; DNA; Hardware; Very large scale integration; Bio-Inspired Security; Evolvable Security; Physical Hardware Security; Resilient Security; Security Stability;
Conference_Titel :
Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems and Workshops (ICUMT), 2011 3rd International Congress on
Conference_Location :
Budapest
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0682-0