Securing embedded systems from power analysis attack

Abstract

Power Analysis Attack is a type of side-channel attack that uses power consumption of a cryptographic device to reveal the sensitive information. Power Analysis Attack is causing a serious threat to the embedded systems like smart cards. So there is a need to secure embedded systems from power analysis attack. In this paper, various methods of power analysis attack are addressed. The power analysis attack experimental setup using SASEBO-W is depicted and the various countermeasures are proposed. Performance comparison of counter measures are analyzed and tabulated.