Hardware Security and Operating Systems
| Course ID
|
IMC001
|
| Credits
|
6
|
| Scheduled
|
first semester (second year)
|
2009 / 2010
Examination
| Exam Date
|
?
|
| Exam location
|
?
|
Course description
Hardware plays a role in securing some computer systems. Currently, this is most obviously the case for smartcards, for which there is a relatively long history of attacks and countermeasures. In the future secure hardware looks set to play an increasingly important role in the - highly controversial - Trusted Computing initiatives. This might present a solution to some security woes, but only if other fundamental problems with operating systems can be addressed.
The focus of this course is on smartcards as an example of secure hardware, and then as time permits looks on the other issues.
Taken from here.