Explore a groundbreaking security solution presented at the 23rd ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS 2016) in Vienna, Austria. Delve into Hypnoguard, an innovative approach to protecting secrets across sleep-wake cycles, developed by Lianying Zhao and Mohammad Mannan from Concordia University. Learn about the challenges of securing data during sleep mode, the unique aspects of memory secrets, and how Hypnoguard addresses these issues. Discover the provisioning process, workflow, and implementation of AES Counter Mode in this system. Compare Hypnoguard with BitLocker and engage in further discussions on password guessing and Intel multicore architecture. Gain insights into cutting-edge techniques for safeguarding sensitive information during computer sleep states in this comprehensive 31-minute conference talk.
Hypnoguard - Protecting Secrets across Sleep-Wake Cycles
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) via YouTube
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
Data and Sleep
Sleep Mode
Memory Secrets
Problem Clarification
What makes this problem special
Solutions
Hypnoguard
What Hypnoguard can do
Provisioning
Workflow
AES Counter Mode
Implementation Challenges
Comparison with BitLocker
Further discussion
Summary
Password guessing
Intel multicore architecture
Taught by
ACM CCS
