From cryptography to logic locking: A survey on the architecture evolution of secure scan chains

KZ Azar, HM Kamali, H Homayoun, A Sasan - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The availability of access to Integrated Circuits' scan chain is an inevitable requirement of
modern ICs for testability/debugging purposes. However, leaving access to the scan chain …

Scan chain based attacks and countermeasures: A survey

X Li, W Li, J Ye, H Li, Y Hu - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Scan chains increase the testability but decrease security. Attackers may use scan chains to
launch attacks to obtain sensitive information, which poses serious security threats. The …

Co-relation scan attack analysis (COSAA) on AES: A comprehensive approach

Y Sao, SS Ali, D Ray, S Singh, S Biswas - Microelectronics Reliability, 2021 - Elsevier
Scan based DfT is indispensable for IC testing in the semiconductor chip industry to ensure
correctness of chip, both functionally and structurally. Since a higher degree of fault …

A Low-overhead PUF-based Secure Scan Design

W Zhou, A Cui, C Chen, G Qu - 2023 24th International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Scan-based side-channel attacks have become a severe threat to the security of
cryptographic chips and locking mechanisms are one of the most effective methods against …

Balancing testability and security by configurable partial scan design

X Chen, O Aramoon, G Qu, A Cui - 2018 IEEE International Test …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Scan chain design facilitates chip testing by providing an interface for the test engineers to
access and control the internal states of the circuit. This feature has also been exploited to …

Secure and Robust Key-Trapped Design-for-Security Architecture for Protecting Obfuscated Logic

HM Kamali - Cryptology ePrint Archive, 2022 - eprint.iacr.org
Having access to the scan chain of Integrated Circuits (ICs) is an integral requirement of the
debug/testability process within the supply chain. However, the access to the scan chain …

Design-for-Testability and Its Impact on Logic Locking

K Zamiri Azar, H Mardani Kamali, F Farahmandi… - Understanding Logic …, 2023 - Springer
The availability of access to integrated circuits' scan chain is an inevitable requirement of
modern ICs for testability/debugging purposes. However, leaving open access to the scan …

Invisible Scan for Protecting Against Scan-Based Attacks: You Can't Attack What You Can't See

P Gaikwad, P Slpsk, S Bhunia - 2023 IEEE International Test …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Sean-based Design-for-Test (DIT) infrastructure renders an ASIC design testable by making
internal circuit nodes more controllable and observable. It, however, vastly conflicts with the …

A Lightweight Scan Architecture against the Scan-based Side-channel Attack

X Wang, X Gong, X Pan, W Wang - JOURNAL OF SEMICONDUCTOR …, 2023 - dbpia.co.kr
The demand for cryptographic chips is growing rapidly in the market nowadays. Chips must
undergo rigorous testing in order to promote quality. Scan-based design for testability (DFT) …