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Laser Fault Injection Applied to Reverse Engineering of Memories


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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-25-0660  

Direction

DRT

Thesis topic details

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Technological challenges

Thesis topics

Laser Fault Injection Applied to Reverse Engineering of Memories

Contract

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Job description

Memories play a critical role for the security of cyber-physical systems. They manage sensitive data such as cryptographic keys and proprietary codes. With the increasing threat of hardware attacks, understanding and manipulating memory organization has become essential. The thesis aims to explore the application of laser attack techniques, specifically Thermal Laser Stimulation (TLS) and laser perturbation, to reverse engineer memory systems. The primary objective is to develop methods for extracting or modifying memory content, with a particular focus on validating TLS on FDSOI 22nm technology. Additionally, the thesis seeks to use laser perturbation for reconstructing memory architecture, analyzing error-correcting codes, and designing countermeasures. The research will leverage the infrastructures available at CEA (e.g.,https://github.com/CEA-Leti/secbench), as well as the expertise of the laboratory members.

University / doctoral school

Electronique, Electrotechnique, Automatique, Traitement du Signal (EEATS)
Université Grenoble Alpes

Thesis topic location

Site

Grenoble

Requester

Position start date

01/09/2025

Person to be contacted by the applicant

HISCOCK Thomas thomas.hiscock@cea.fr
CEA
DRT/DSYS/SSSEC/LSOSP
17 Avenue des Martyrs,
38000 Grenoble
04.38.78.94.02

Tutor / Responsible thesis director

CLEDIERE Jessy jessy.clediere@cea.fr
CEA
DRT/DSYS/SSSEC/CESTI
17 av des martyrs
38 054 Grenoble Cedex 9
0438785704

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