As reported today by Rick Robinson, Georgia Institute of Technology, in Scientific Computing, researchers at Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) have interesting new research for use of FPGAs in embedded system design, which adds “entirely new attack vectors to consider, ones that lie outside the traditional computer security mindset.” Read the full Scientific Computing article here[1], and read the GTRI research here[2].
[1] http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news/2015/05/advancing-security-and-trust-reconfigurable-devices
[2] http://www.gtri.gatech.edu/casestudy/advancing-security-and-trust-reconfigurable-device
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