Abstract: A method is provided for protecting an electronic device from a side-channel attack (SCA). The method includes providing a plurality of countermeasures that are for protecting the electronic device from the SCA. A set of countermeasures of the plurality of countermeasures is randomly enabled from the plurality of countermeasures to provide the protection during operation of the electronic device, such as for example, during an encryption operation. The method makes it more difficult for an attacker to construct a template of the electronic device that could be used in the SCA. In another embodiment, an electronic device is provided that incorporates the method.

Abstract: A method is provided for defending against a fuzzing analysis in a device. The method including: receiving, by the first device, a message from a second device; determining the message type of the message; determining that the message type is different from known message types of a protocol used by the first device; determining that the fuzzing analysis of the protocol is underway; and using the message type of the message to randomly determine an action against the fuzzing analysis. The action is intended to cause an attacker who tries to use fuzzing against a device to spend much more effort to discover a bug that can be exploited, and thus discourage the attacker from continuing the attack.

Abstract: In order to further develop a method of and a system (100) for controlling the programming of, in particular the erase/write access to, a memory device (10) comprising multiple memory cells (20, 22), said memory cells (20, 22) being exposed to wear resulting from repeated programming, in such way that an increased lifetime of the memory device (10), in particular on an integrated circuit, is provided even under exceptional stress of the memory device (10), it is proposed to provide—at least one quality measuring/determining means (40, 42) being assigned to each memory cell (20, 22) in order to measure and/or to determine the quality of the respective memory cell (20, 22), in particular in order to measure and/or to determine the prospective endurance specified according to a number of change cycles which the respective memory cell (20, 22) can endure within a performance tolerance, and—at least one control means (50), in particular by at least one access load distributor, —being coupled to each quality measur

Abstract: In order to further develop a method of and a system (100) for controlling the programming of, in particular the erase/write access to, a memory device (10) comprising multiple memory cells (20, 22), said memory cells (20, 22) being exposed to wear resulting from repeated programming, in such way that an increased lifetime of the memory device (10), in particular on an integrated circuit, is provided even under exceptional stress of the memory device (10), it is proposed to provide—at least one quality measuring/determining means (40, 42) being assigned to each memory cell (20, 22) in order to measure and/or to determine the quality of the respective memory cell (20, 22), in particular in order to measure and/or to determine the prospective endurance specified according to a number of change cycles which the respective memory cell (20, 22) can endure within a performance tolerance, and—at least one control means (50), in particular by at least one access load distributor, —being coupled to each quality measur

Abstract: In order to provide a management system (100) as well as a method for managing at least one installation right (40a) to install at least one application (46, 42) on a smart card (300), in particular on a multi-application smart card, wherein it is possible that at least one first party or first unit (10) controlling the application(s), in particular on the smart card (300), in particular the smart card issuer, is able to transfer (44) this control to at least one second party or second unit (20), it is proposed that the management system (100) is designed to manage said installation right (40a), in particular on the smart card (300), insofar as the role of authorizing (22) at least one third party or third unit (30), in particular at least one third party application provider, to exert said installation right (40a), in particular to install its application (42) on the smart card (300), can be transferred (44) from at least one first party or first unit (10), in particular from the issuer of the smart card (30