Planning IUCRC George Mason University: Center for Hardware and Embedded System Security and Trust (CHEST)

集成电路和嵌入式硬件设备对于国防、能源、医疗保健、银行、通信、运输和其他部门的大多数现代军事和工业系统至关重要。这些设备比以往任何时候都更容易受到不受信任实体的恶意篡改，受到各种攻击媒介的威胁。恶意功能可以在设计过程、制造或组装过程中添加到设备中，导致系统受损，而通常不会被检测到。这一合作努力旨在通过开发新的方法和技术来加强这些设备及其各自系统的信任和安全性，从而进一步促进国防。该中心将使来自不同领域的研究人员和从业人员——集成电路、架构、密码学、系统安全和弹性等——将设备安全定位为一个连贯的、协作的学科。它将成为以行业为重点的研究中心和相关数据的存储库。它将促进对话，促进跨越学科界限的进步。该基地将领导在物联网和云环境中部署的现代计算机架构平台的安全性，以及专用集成电路（ASIC）和现场可编程门阵列（FPGA）安全性方面的合作努力。它将采用先进的机器学习解决方案，在各个抽象层次上理解硬件攻击的行为，在架构和硬件的核心设计有效的防御机制。该中心将影响网络物理系统的设计、保护和弹性，防止与设备安全相关的漏洞。它还将有助于工业、政府和军队所需的劳动力发展。中心将通过专业/学术活动和在六个地点开设的课程传播设备安全方面的研究成果和综合理论。在提高工业对紧急情况的准备程度和提高对威胁的恢复能力方面，预计结果将带来显著的投资回报。硬件和嵌入式系统安全与信任产学研合作研究中心的协作小组由乔治梅森大学、东北大学、康涅狄格大学、德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校、弗吉尼亚大学和赖特州立大学组成。合作者在https://www.vdl.afrl.af.mil/programs/PG_CHEST_IUCRC上建立了一个网站，上面有会议资料、项目信息、出版物等。该网站将无限期开放，或直到中心过渡到下一阶段。

Integrated circuit and embedded hardware devices are critical to most modern military and industrial systems for defense, energy, healthcare, banking, communication, transportation, and other sectors. These devices are more vulnerable than ever to malicious tampering by untrusted entities, with threats over a broad range of attack vectors. Malicious functionality can be added to the devices during the design process, fabrication, or assembly, leading to compromised systems, often without detection. This collaborative effort seeks to further the national defense by developing novel methodologies and technologies that enhance trust and security of these devices and their respective systems.The proposed Center will enable researchers and practitioners from diverse areas -- integrated circuits, architecture, cryptography, system safety and resilience, etc. -- to position device security as a coherent, collaborative discipline. It will be a hub for industry-focused research and a repository for related data. It will foster dialog to promote advances across disciplinary boundaries. The site will lead collaborative efforts in security of modern computer architecture platform deploy in Internet of Things and Cloud environments, as well as application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) security. It will adopt advanced machine-learning solutions, to understand the behavior of hardware attacks at various level of abstraction, to design effective defense mechanisms at the heart of the architecture and hardware.The Center will influence the design, protection, and resilience of cyber physical systems from vulnerabilities associated with device security. It will also help with workforce development needed for industry, government, and military. The Center will disseminate research results and synthesized theories on device security through both professional/scholarly activities and courses taught at the six sites. The results are expected to bring a significant return on investment, in terms of improving the readiness of industry for emergent conditions and improving resilience to threats.The collaborative group for the Industry-University Cooperative Research Center for Hardware and Embedded System Security and Trust is composed of George Mason University, Northeastern University, University of Connecticut, University of Texas at Dallas, University of Virginia, and Wright State University. The collaborators host a website at https://www.vdl.afrl.af.mil/programs/PG_CHEST_IUCRC with meeting materials, program information, publications, etc. The website is made available indefinitely or until the Center transitions to the next phase.