Research Summaries

Back Securecore for Trustworthy Commodity Computing and Communications

Fiscal Year 2007
Division Graduate School of Operational & Information Sciences
Department Computer Science
Investigator(s) Irvine, Cynthia E.
Sponsor National Science Foundation (NSF)
Summary The SecureCore project will investigate a core architecture for trustwo1thy operation of mobile computing devices that integrates support for security in new designs for: a security-aware general-purpose processor, a security kernel and a set of essential secure communications protocols. The research will use a "clean slate" approach to define a minimal set of fundamental architectural features required for such a secure core, for use in resource-constrained, ubiquitous computing platforms exemplified by secure embedded systems, pocket devices, and handheld web-enabled computers. This approach will leverage the advantages possible when security is integrated across the core components and is designed in at the beginning rather than added on as an after-thought. The goal is to achieve the desired security levels without compromising performance, size, cost, energy consumption, or usability. Threat models will be re-examined in the new context of continuously networked commodity devices and Internet-scale epidemics. The technical significance is to provide the scientific basis for trustworthy computing, communications and storage in pervasive computing environments. SecureCore's broader impact will be through advanced teaching modules and publication of project results, thus influencing the design of future trustworthy commodity products.
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