The Security Evaluation of an Efficient Lightweight AES Accelerator

The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is widely recognized as a robust cryptographic algorithm utilized to protect data integrity and confidentiality. When it comes to lightweight implementations of the algorithm, the literature mainly emphasizes area and power optimization, often overlooking consi...

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Published inCryptography Vol. 8; no. 2; p. 24
Main Authors Aljuffri, Abdullah, Huang, Ruoyu, Muntenaar, Laura, Gaydadjiev, Georgi, Ma, Kezheng, Hamdioui, Said, Taouil, Mottaqiallah
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.06.2024
Subjects
Advanced Encryption Standard
Algorithms
Analysis
Data encryption
Data security
domain-oriented masking
Efficiency
Internet of Things
IoT
Lightweight
lightweight accelerator
Power
Security
side-channel attacks
Weight reduction
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Summary:The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is widely recognized as a robust cryptographic algorithm utilized to protect data integrity and confidentiality. When it comes to lightweight implementations of the algorithm, the literature mainly emphasizes area and power optimization, often overlooking considerations related to performance and security. This paper evaluates two of our previously proposed lightweight AES implementations using both profiled and non-profiled attacks. One is an unprotected implementation, and the other one is a protected version using Domain-Oriented Masking (DOM). The findings of this study indicate that the inclusion of DOM in the design enhances its resistance to attacks at the cost of doubling the area.
ISSN:2410-387X
2410-387X
DOI:10.3390/cryptography8020024