No-hardware-signature cybersecurity-crypto-module: a resilient cyber defense agent

A. R. M. Zaghloul; Y. A. Zaghloul

doi:10.1117/12.2063319

18 June 2014 No-hardware-signature cybersecurity-crypto-module: a resilient cyber defense agent

A. R. M. Zaghloul, Y. A. Zaghloul

Proceedings Volume 9097, Cyber Sensing 2014; 90970M (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2063319
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2014, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

We present an optical cybersecurity-crypto-module as a resilient cyber defense agent. It has no hardware signature since it is bitstream reconfigurable, where single hardware architecture functions as any selected device of all possible ones of the same number of inputs. For a two-input digital device, a 4-digit bitstream of 0s and 1s determines which device, of a total of 16 devices, the hardware performs as. Accordingly, the hardware itself is not physically reconfigured, but its performance is. Such a defense agent allows the attack to take place, rendering it harmless. On the other hand, if the system is already infected with malware sending out information, the defense agent allows the information to go out, rendering it meaningless. The hardware architecture is immune to side attacks since such an attack would reveal information on the attack itself and not on the hardware. This cyber defense agent can be used to secure a point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, a whole network, and/or a single entity in the cyberspace. Therefore, ensuring trust between cyber resources. It can provide secure communication in an insecure network. We provide the hardware design and explain how it works. Scalability of the design is briefly discussed. (Protected by United States Patents No.: US 8,004,734; US 8,325,404; and other National Patents worldwide.)

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A. R. M. Zaghloul and Y. A. Zaghloul "No-hardware-signature cybersecurity-crypto-module: a resilient cyber defense agent", Proc. SPIE 9097, Cyber Sensing 2014, 90970M (18 June 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2063319

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