Here's the page we think you wanted. See search results instead:

Fault Injection Fundamentals to Advanced Techniques

Our fault injection training programs offer a practical approach to learning, combining theoretical knowledge, real-world case studies, and hands-on exercises. Choose from our Essentials program for a solid foundation or our Advanced program for in-depth expertise.

Essential Fault Injection Training

Learn the fundamentals of fault injection tools and attacks.
Apply your knowledge with our expert-led practical assignments.

Vector illustration of an audience watching an instructor on screen

Format

Private, onsite, or open training

Vector illustration of 3 people serving as an audience

Audience

Ideal for Inspector customers, security evaluators and researchers, and government organizations

Vector illustration of a stopwatch timer

Duration

3 days, 2 courses

Vector illustration of certificate or diploma

Outcomes

Explore FI tools and attacks and strengthen testing techniques

  • An introduction to different types of faults, fault injection techniques and tools, and the basic notions of cryptography
  • Practical assignment: Finding an exploitable point in the code to bypass a security check
  • Finding and exploiting code vulnerabilities using differential fault analysis to recover the key
  • Recovering a Data Encryption Standard (DES) key with differential fault analysis (DFA)
  • Common countermeasures and coding guidelines
  • Practical assignment: Bypassing a hardened security check
  • Practical assignment: Explore optical fault injection techniques, including practical considerations, safety protocols, target preparation, wavelength and laser types, and building a setup
  • Practical assignment: Electromagnetic fault injection
  • Q&A and conclusion

Advanced Fault Injection Training

Further your knowledge of fault injection tools, attacks, and analysis.
Learn how to assess and enhance the security of your devices using advanced techniques.

Vector illustration of an audience watching an instructor on screen

Format

Private or onsite training

Vector illustration of 3 people serving as an audience

Audience

Ideal for Inspector customers, security evaluators and researchers, and government organizations

Vector illustration of a stopwatch timer

Duration

2 days, 4 courses

Vector illustration of certificate or diploma

Outcomes

Use advanced FI techniques to assess and enhance the security of your devices

  • Body Biasing injection (BBI): Precision localized glitches with high-power electrical pulses
  • Dual laser attacks with twin scan technology
  • Biasing true random number generators with EM harmonic emission
  • Perform double glitches and / or combine multiple trigger sources
  • Create real-time scripts that allow nano-second precision control of the setup
  • Visualize experiment results using data mining tooling

Case study: Secure boot

  • Identify sensitive points in the secure boot process
  • Prerequisites for attacking each sensitive point
  • Break down the attack(s) into simple falsifiable tests

Case study: Characterization of a system-on-chip (SoC)

  • Simple tests to identify fault models
  • Hardware elements susceptible to faults: Where did the fault occur?
  • Software constructs susceptible to faults
  • Knowing the fault models: How can your implementation be improved?

Implementing complex leakage models

  • Use data post-processing to gain more insight into FI results
  • Reduce the complexity of an FI attack by breaking down the testing into falsifiable / simple tests
  • Use backside imagining/floorplans and FI results to navigate the die
  • Identify side channels applicable for a test scenario to gather information
  • Combine side channels and existing results to increase the attack success rates
  • Case study: DFA-protected Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) implementation
  • Case study: Target without serial output

Interested in this service? Reach out to learn more.