18-632 Hardware Security

12 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This course covers basic concepts in the security of hardware systems. Topics covered include active and passive attacks, reverse engineering, counterfeiting, obfuscation, and design of hardware security primitives (e.g., random number generators, physical unclonable functions, and cryptographic accelerators). Lab sessions will give students hands on experience with performing attacks, developing countermeasures, and implementing secure hardware building blocks.

Prerequisites: none listed

Offered: Spring 2026

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