This course covers the challenges of designing a secure encrypted hard drive, including topics such as security, encryption keys, attackers' goals, firmware access, backdoors, reverse engineering, and protective measures. The course aims to teach the skills needed to understand the components and functionality of secure hard drives, analyze encryption methods, and implement protective measures. The teaching method includes presentations on vocabulary, security concepts, ethical models, and various tools like logic analyzers and protocol analyzers. The intended audience for this course is individuals interested in cybersecurity, encryption technologies, and hardware security.
The Challenges of Designing a Secure Encrypted Hard Drive
Overview
Syllabus
Intro
Outline
Presentation
What are we talking about
Vocabulary
Security
Ethical model
The components
The functionality
Summary
Tradeoff
Standard design
Encryption keys
Challenges
The attackers goal
What does encryption mean
The typical design
Accessing the secrets
Accessing the firmware
Backdoors
Reverse engineering
Logic analyzer
Protocol analyzer
Other options
Injected fault
Chip decapping
Secure microcontroller
Crypto
Protective measures
Taught by
SyScan360
