B1165 - HARDWARE-BASED SECURITY WITH FPGA: FROM CYBERCRIME TO CYBERWARFARE AND DIPLOMACY

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

The course covers the principal aspects of the network communication with particular emphasis on security. Security against cyber-attack, robust infrastructures and approaches for a modern safe digital communication are the main goals of the course for a to-date IoT network. Technical basics of digital implementation of cryptography into physical digital programmable devices are presented.

Programma/Contenuti

Module 1: Title: Geopolitics Cyber Diplomacy: rules, risks, and perspectives

• Introduction to the theory of war, terrorism and asymmetric warfare
• Network Theory & Analysis (Social Network Analysis with Gephi)
• Threat Modelling Analysis and Social Engineering
• Critical Infrastructures
• Cyberwar (theory) - cyberwarfare (application) vs Infowar(fare) nation-state (strategic Level)
• Cyberwarfare: the Actors
• Asymmetric Warfare (state and non-state actors; resources)
• Cyberweapons: Stuxnet and its siblings (Operational Level)
• Information Warfare (IW) & Psychological Ops
• Digital battlefield (Operational and Tactical levels; drones, autonomous systems; nuclear weapons vulnerabilities
• Military applications of Artificial Intelligence; Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS)
• NSA leaks & CIA leaks
• Surveillance (PRISM, TOR, GCHQ, Cambridge Analytica)
• Myths and Reality of Cybercrime Today
• Myths and Reality of Cyberterrorism Today
• Privacy & Data Protection: Cryptography (symmetric and asymmetric keys)

Module 2:Title: Cyber Security: research, applications, and development

• Security properties of information and systems
• Definitions: threat, vulnerability, exploit, risk
• Attack methods and impact
• Hints: formal models for development, security frameworks, certifications
• Information security
  • Cryptography essentials
  • Data at rest: anonymization and encryption
  • Data in transit: secure communication protocols and VPNs
• Blue teaming
  • Physical security
  • Basic operating system hardening
  • Authentication systems
  • Access control models and their implementation
  • Network-based attack prevention: firewalls
  • Attack detection: IDS, IPS, SIEM
  • Incident response and recovery

  Module 3: Title: Potential Security via Commercial Programmable Digital Devices

• Garr Network in Italy, Tier-1 in CNAF-INFN
• Availability of programmable devices on the market: custom-security
• A Firewall-Hardware project
• Hardware security via open-source, scalable, IP-blocks, and domestic devices
• Design and implementation of security algorithm into programmable devices
• Study case for electronics in a radiation harsh environment
• Hardware Security against radiation environments

Testi/Bibliografia

The course will be provided with the slides of the lesson

Metodi didattici

The course is divided into three cycles of 8 hours each, for a total of 24 hours.

Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

La modalità di verifica consiste nella discussione di un approfondimento critico nella forma di una tesina o presentazione power point (almeno 3000 parole o 12 slides) che potrà essere individuale o di gruppo purché sia chiaramente identificabile il contributo del singolo, da concordare con uno dei docenti, in accordo con il docente titolare del corso.

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Alessandro Gabrielli

Consulta il sito web di Giampiero Giacomello

Consulta il sito web di Marco Prandini