Side channel attacks on cryptographic module: EM and PA attacks accuracy analysis

Abstract

Extensive research on modem cryptography ensures significant mathematical immunity to conventional cryptographic attacks. However, different side channel techniques such as power analysis and electromagnetic attacks are such a powerful tool to extract the secret key from cryptographic devices. These techniques bring serious threat on hardware implementations of cryptographic algorithms. In this paper an extensive analysis of side channel analysis on cryptographic device is presented where we study on the EM and PA attacks methods as sideways attacks on the hardware implementation of the cryptomodule. Finally we establish a comparison table among different attacks tools methods for the accuracy analysis.