CET919 Design for Trust

Course Provider

National Integrated Centre for Evaluation (NICE)

Certification

Graduate Certificate

Academic Unit

2

Introduction

The course is related to the Design for Trust for integrated Circuits (IC).  We will first give an overview on the hardware security risk and the roots of trust in ICs.  Thereafter, we will cover the various Design for Trust issues, techniques and analyses at various levels, spanning from the manufacturing, chip, netlist, design, and layout levels. Particularly, the  manufacturing security includes split manufacturing; the chip level security includes watermarking, fingering, and metering; the netlist security includes logic locking and trojan analysis; the design security includes security primitives (e.g. encryption, random number generators, physical unclonable functions, etc.); and the layout level includes camouflaging. 

The Graduate Certificate in Hardware Security Evaluation and Certification is done in collaboration the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore to train and upskill professionals in the industry as well as for professionals who are keen to join this exciting industry

This course is part of:

- Graduate Certificate in Hardware Security Evaluation and Certification


By the end of this course, learner would be able to:

1. Understand the security risks and protection techniques at different levels, spanning from firmware/algorithm, manufacturing, chip level, netlist level, design level, and layout level;

2. Understand the figures-of-merits and parameters to qualify and quantify the security levels at different levels and;

3. Understanding the trade-offs between security and the costs (in terms of performance, power, area, design efforts).

To meet the requirement of SkillsFuture Singapore, assessment(s) will be conducted during every course. The assessment(s) include:

  • Class Participation
  • Quizzes

Suitable for practicing cybersecurity professionals or fresh engineering graduates interested in a career of cybersecurity, specifically in the domain of hardware security evaluation, assurance and certification.

Specifically for learners who would like to know ‘Design for Trust’ on Hardware, be trained in ‘Design for Trust’ to address Hardware Security Issues and/or considering future career advancement in related domain.

Such knowledge can be applicable in jobs related to hardware design, roles in certification or evaluation labs, forensic investigator, vulnerability assessment analyst etc.

Standard Course Fee: S$2,834

SSG Funding Support

 Course fee

Course fee payable after SSG funding, if eligible under various schemes

 

BEFORE funding & GST

AFTER funding & 9% GST

Singapore Citizens (SCs) and Permanent Residents (PRs) (Up to 70% funding)

S$2,600

S$850.20

Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)

S$330.20

SCs aged ≥ 40 years old
SkillsFuture Mid-career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES)
(Up to 90% funding)

  • Standard course fee is inclusive of GST.
  • NTU/NIE alumni may utilise their $1,600 Alumni Course Credits. Click here for more information.

 

Read more about funding
COURSE TITLEACADEMIC UNIT
CET916 Security Evaluation and Certification1
CET917 Applications and Reasons for Security 1
CET918 Hardware Security Analysis via Chip Analysis2
CET920 Fault-Injection Attacks & Hardware Trojan1
CET921 Side-Channel-Attacks & Countermeasures 2

 

Listed courses are:

  • Credit-bearing and stackable to Graduate Certificate in Hardware Security Evaluation and Certification (9 AU).
  • SSG funded and SkillsFuture Credit approved.