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What is a Side Channel Attacks?

Side Channel is the fruit of more than 20 years of research. As a result, most of the cryptographic algorithms and their implementations into chips are subject to it. Our Side Channel Analysis tools include solutions for Hardware, Software and physical attacks on hardware products.
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What is required for a Side Channel Analysis?

Securing a hardware against Side Channel attacks requires the tester to tackle three main points:

  • A measurement bench with the ability to collect valuable information,
  • A software platform able to manage heavy computation with flexibility,
  • Hands-on expertise on and knowledge of multiple variants of attacks.

We offer all the necessary side channel tools to keep the security of your hardware in check.

Which bench for a Side Channel Attack?

A professional Side Channel measurement bench needs to combine different assets. eShard has been developing this hardware after years of practice:

  • A good ergonomy and ability to set different probes
  • Automated XY stage for scanning and reproducibility
  • An observation camera to control the location of the probe
Side channel software platform

Why eShard software solution for a Side Channel Analysis?

It is necessary to perform the whole side channel experimental flow on the same platform from the data collection to the statistical analyses. esDynamic is the scientific platform that offers the perfect technology to power side channel anlyses with a lot of flexibility and the ability to compute high volumes of data.

  • Manage the trace collection: from the source to the data center
  • Create cartography of the leakage detection
  • Perform data processing, such as the trace alignment
  • Process side channel statistics with efficient computation
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Side channel expertise security

eShard's expertise right in your lab

Side channel is the fruit of more than 20 years of research. As a result, most of the cryptographic algorithms and their implementations into chips are subject to it. This is therefore necessary to get a good understanding of all kinds of attacks and their variants.

With esDynamic and the specialized modules, we reconcile the know and the how into a unique know-how technical and dynamic content: attacks are described, can be replayed and adapted to your use case.

  • Catalogues of attack including the latest developments: Side channel advanced, Deep Learning Side channel, Scatter and SM.X
  • Specialized libraries optimised for fast computation
  • Widgets to make analyses more visual
Starter Kit Chip Security by eShard

Starter Kits by eShard

Practical expertise can make the difference when successfully undertaking a side channel attack. Initially, Side Channel Analysis only targeted Smart Cards, but is now increasingly targeted towards complex System on Chip (SoC) devices.

Our Starter Kit is a real use case demonstrating all practical aspects of a successful side channel analysis on recent devices: from the bench setup to the secret key exhibition.

The hardware kit is delivered with the data traces and the dynamic content. And our catalog includes different use cases, including:

  • Side channel attack targeting an hardware implementation of an AES
  • Side channel attack targeting an ECDSA
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Grow your Expertise

Very few experts are fully knowledgeable in the Side Channel attacks. Our comprehensive catalogue of Side Channel modules will help you to increase your knowledge, regardless if you are a beginner or a proficient professional.

  • Individual, online and practical,
  • One of our experts will coach you during these learning by doing sessions.
  • Access to esDynamic platform on the cloud
  • Data set are provided
  • Set of modules for experts or beginners
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Our Specialized Lab

Our team of experts is available for specialized Side Channel audits. They have long track records in practical Side Channel in black box or grey box on different kinds of devices: System on Chips (SoC), secure controllers, FPGA. Our experts combined with our local infrastructure lead to best in class side channel evaluations. Our recent works included:

  • Side channel analysis of a PUF implementation
  • Side channel analysis of a secure controller implementing a signature protocol
  • Side channel analysis to stress a crypto processor on a SoC device

Our clients

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"eShard’s esDynamic toolset allows ST to unify our characterization work with a high-performing and flexible framework.

It finally brings us a high confidence in the security of our products for a long-term resistance.”

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"Purchase and installation went really great. Support responds very fast and is helpful in all questions. Offers also remote sessions for troubleshooting and for practice. Before the purchase we were offered a 30 day trial version (free of charge)."

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The product have a good test efficiency. It's scalability is excellent.

If you have some idea about side channel analysis, it is easy for you to implement the experiment.

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Training tools

Ecosystems move fast, so do the cybersecurity challenges. Your team must remain up-to-date and master the last security threats because your business and your customers are at stake.
Novice
Side-Channel Analysis Principles
Coach: Guillaume Bethouart
In this module, you will get the principles of side-channel analysis and the background knowledge needed to perform your first analysis. You will also practice on basic examples then on real use cases to become familiar with these techniques.
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Novice
Side Channel Marvels Tools & Double Fault Injection Attack
Coach: Guillaume Vinet
This practical course introduces the Side Channel Marvels framework. You will learn how to use its different modules to visualise a binary execution, to perform a CDA or DFA, and finally to recover the master key. This module is also composed of a White-Box challenge that shall be defeated with a double fault attack.
Advanced
Advanced Side-Channel analysis on RSA
Coach: Guillaume Bethouart
In this module, you will learn about the state-of-the-art and advanced attacks on RSA. The training covers differential attacks on the modular exponentiation, horizontal analysis techniques, cross-correlation attacks and attacks on the CRT-RSA recombination.

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