ORSHIN @ CHES 2025 – Auditable Secure Hardware

3 September, 2025

Time:
14:00 — 17:30, Thursday, September 18, 2025

Location:
Meeting Room 304

Organizers:
Jan Pleskac, Tropic Square, Czech Republic
Benedikt Gierlichs, KU Leuven, Belgium

Abstract:
The ORSHIN project explores a broad spectrum of security-related topics, including trusted lifecycle management, RISC-V microarchitectural leakage, masking techniques, and countermeasures against silicon reverse engineering. Additionally, it covers secure communication protocols designed for embedded devices, ensuring robust protection across various applications.

Agenda:

 Slot Time Duration Topic  Presenter
 Slot 1 14:00 – 15:30 90 min
ORSHIN results presentation

In this slot we will present the ORSHIN results.

Project overview Benedikt Gierlichs (KU Leuven)
Secure device development Tropic Square
Secure by design Benedikt Gierlichs (KU Leuven)
How to make reverse engineering harder? Texplained
FW Fault Injection Emulation NXP
Secure communication protocols EURECOM covered
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 Coffee break / Demo   presentation 15:30 – 16:00 30 min ORSHIN Demo presentation Tropic Square
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 Slot 2 16:00 – 17:30 90 min Secure auditable silicon
Lessons learnt from TROPIC01 development Tropic Square
Panel – Open Source Security at hardware level Audience