Secure Hardware-Software Architectures for Robust Computing Systems - SHARCS

Sotiris Ioannidis, Cristiano Giuffrida, Ioannis Sourdis, Vassilis Prevelakis, Christos Strydis, John Thomson, Dmitry Pidan, Martin Böhner

2017

Abstract

Developing new security paradigms, architectures and software, for more secure and trustworthy ICT systems and services has clear social, scientific and market motivation. This motivation is becoming stronger due to the changing threat landscape; over the past decade we are witnessing an ever-increasing amount of cyberattacks on the Internet. We believe that to advance the field of cybersecurity, we must act proactively and in synergy, instead of being reactive to cyberattacks. We propose SHARCS, a framework for designing, building and demonstrating secure-by-design applications and services, that achieve end-to-end security for their users. SHARCS achieves this by systematically analyzing and extending, as necessary, the hardware and software layers in a computing system. This holistic approach is necessary, as no system can truly be secure unless every layer is secured, starting from the lowest one. We measure the effectiveness of the SHARCS framework by using it on a diverse set of security-critical, real-world applications. The applications have been chosen from three different domains, medical, cloud and automotive, to demonstrate the platform independence capabilities of SHARCS. SHARCS provides a powerful foundation for designing and developing trustworthy, secure-by-design applications and services for the Future Internet.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ioannidis S., Giuffrida C., Sourdis I., Prevelakis V., Strydis C., Thomson J., Pidan D. and Böhner M. (2017). Secure Hardware-Software Architectures for Robust Computing Systems - SHARCS.In European Project Space on Networks, Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: EPS Porto 2017, ISBN 978-989-758-310-0, pages 46-68. DOI: 10.5220/0007902300460068

in Bibtex Style

@conference{eps porto 201717,
author={Sotiris Ioannidis and Cristiano Giuffrida and Ioannis Sourdis and Vassilis Prevelakis and Christos Strydis and John Thomson and Dmitry Pidan and Martin Böhner},
title={Secure Hardware-Software Architectures for Robust Computing Systems - SHARCS},
booktitle={European Project Space on Networks, Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: EPS Porto 2017,},
year={2017},
pages={46-68},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007902300460068},
isbn={978-989-758-310-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - European Project Space on Networks, Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: EPS Porto 2017,
TI - Secure Hardware-Software Architectures for Robust Computing Systems - SHARCS
SN - 978-989-758-310-0
AU - Ioannidis S.
AU - Giuffrida C.
AU - Sourdis I.
AU - Prevelakis V.
AU - Strydis C.
AU - Thomson J.
AU - Pidan D.
AU - Böhner M.
PY - 2017
SP - 46
EP - 68
DO - 10.5220/0007902300460068