General information
Organisation
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.
Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.
The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
Reference
SL-DRT-26-0605
Direction
DRT
Thesis topic details
Category
Technological challenges
Thesis topics
Side-Channel based Reverse-Engineering
Contract
Thèse
Job description
The characterization of the security of embedded systems in 'black box' or 'gray box' against Side-Channel attacks often requires a preparatory phase of Reverse-Engineering, which can be particularly time-consuming, especially on a complex System-on-Chip that can be found in smartphones or in the automotive industry. This phase can, for example, consist of detecting a cryptographic primitive within Side-Channel measurements for a future observation attack, or a target routine for a fault injection attack. The objective of this thesis is to develop a methodology and non-profiled tools that allow the automation of this detection phase, while enabling the exploitation of prior knowledge of a potential attacker.
University / doctoral school
Thesis topic location
Site
Grenoble
Requester
Position start date
01/09/2026
Person to be contacted by the applicant
Maillard Julien
julien.maillard@cea.fr
CEA
DRT/DSYS/SSSEC/LTSO
CEA
Centre de Grenoble
38000 Grenoble
04.38.78.09.93
Tutor / Responsible thesis director
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