Carnegie Mellon University

Electrical and Computer Engineering

College of Engineering

Course Information

18-632: Introduction to Hardware Security

Units:

12

Description:

This course covers basic concepts in the security of hardware systems. Topics covered include active and passive attacks, reverse engineering, counterfeiting, obfuscation, and design of hardware security primitives (e.g., random number generators, physical unclonable functions, and cryptographic accelerators). Lab sessions will give students hands on experience with performing attacks, developing countermeasures, and implementing secure hardware building blocks.


Last Modified: 2024-11-20 1:14PM

Semesters offered:

  • Spring 2025
  • Spring 2023
  • Fall 2021
  • Spring 2019
  • Spring 2018
  • Spring 2017
  • Spring 2016