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Title: Hardware Secure Execution and Simulation Model Correlation using IFT on RISC-V
With Heterogeneous architectures and IoT devices connecting to billions of devices in the network, securing the application and tracking the data flow from different untrusted communication channels during run time and protecting the return address is an essential aspect of system integrity. In this work, we propose a correlated hardware and software-based information flow tracking mechanism to track the data using tagged logic. This scheme leverages the open-source benefits of RISC V by extending the architecture with security policies providing precise coarse grain management along with a simulation model with minimal overhead.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1814420
NSF-PAR ID:
10286474
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI)
Page Range / eLocation ID:
409 to 414
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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