US 11,809,570 B2
Method and apparatus for analyzing side channel-related security vulnerabilities in digital devices
Jean-Pierre Thibault, Ottawa (CA); and Colin Patrick O'Flynn, Halifax (CA)
Assigned to Newae Technology Inc, Halifax (CA)
Filed by NEWAE TECHNOLOGY INC, Halifax (CA)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/064,326.
Prior Publication US 2022/0108021 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 11/36 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 21/577 (2013.01) [G06F 11/366 (2013.01); G06F 2221/034 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
measurement equipment configured to obtain a sequence of physical measurements of a side-channel leakage characteristic of a self-contained digital device under test while the digital device under test is executing instructions;
a debug tool configured to obtain a sequence of debug outputs from the digital device under test via a hardware debug interface of the digital device under test, wherein the debug outputs are indicative of the instructions executed by the digital device under test; and
a controller operatively and physically coupled to the measurement equipment and the debug tool such that the measurement equipment, the debug tool and the controller are integrated together into a single instrument and the controller configured to correlate, in time, at least one measurement in the sequence of measurements with at least one debug output in the sequence of debug outputs, wherein the controller is configured to control the measurement equipment and the debug tool.