Cyber defense for nanoelectronics

Date: May 28, 2019, No. New DFG Priority Program "Nano Security" at the University of Stuttgart Whether it's cars, industrial plants or the government network, spectacular cyber attacks over the past few months have shown how vulnerable modern electronic systems are. The aim of the new Priority Program "Nano Security", which is coordinated by the University of Stuttgart, is protecting you and preventing the cyber attacks of the future. The program, which is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), emphasizes making the hardware into a reliable foundation of a system or a layer of security. The economy, science and society are now highly dependent on electronic systems, and yet these can be cracked by just a couple of smart hackers - with catastrophic effects. However, the security measures are full of holes. The majority of cyber defense systems on the market concentrate on protecting the software components of electronic systems or their communication interfaces.