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-25-0660
Direction
DRT
Thesis topic details
Category
Technological challenges
Thesis topics
Laser Fault Injection Applied to Reverse Engineering of Memories
Contract
Thèse
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
En savoir plus
https://thomashk0.github.io/pages/about.html
https://www.leti-cea.fr/cea-tech/leti/Pages/Accueil.aspx