Describe different aspects of a system’s security, and briefly discuss their relative impact. 1. Explain the current state of practice in the security design of and verification process for SoCs. 2....

Describe different aspects of a system’s security, and briefly discuss their relative impact.

1. Explain the current state of practice in the security design of and verification process for SoCs.

2. Describe the major steps of the electronic hardware design and test flow, and discuss the security issues in each stage.

3. What are the different attack surfaces for a computing system (say, a smartphone), and for the hardware components inside it?

4. Describe different types of security vulnerabilities in hardware.