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Hiawatha Integrated Monitoring System (H-IMS): An Integrated Solution for Electromagnetic Detection of FIB Facilitated IC Modifications

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Missile Defense Agency
Contract: HQ0147-14-C-7638
Agency Tracking Number: B2-1948
Amount: $999,996.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: MDA11-018
Solicitation Number: 2011.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2011
Award Year: 2014
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2014-02-24
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2016-02-24
Small Business Information
310 5th St.
Charleroi, PA 15022-
United States
DUNS: 187594788
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Bogdan Pathak
 Senior R&D Engineer
 (419) 866-0396
 bpathak@nokomisinc.com
Business Contact
 Gena Johnson
Title: Dir Advanced Technology I
Phone: (724) 483-3946
Email: gjohnson@nokomisinc.com
Research Institution
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Abstract

Because Critical Program Information (CPI) is often embedded in Integrated Circuits (ICs), adversaries must now attack at the die level or through other intrusive means. As a result, Focused Ion Beams (FIBs) have become a preferred tool for reverse engineering. In Phase I, Nokomis demonstrated that FIB edits showed distinct, exploitable emission signature differences whose detection could be used by an automated system to detect alterations of programmed parts as well as other attack vectors. This Phase II SBIR will miniaturize and automate a system that exploits this methodology and is capable of protecting CPI. In addition, it will position the sensor for program specific transition to protect real-world MDA CPI. Specifically, this effort will 1) further characterize phenomenology and develop a database/framework to address numerous attack vectors; 2) develop software to detect CPI modification and/or access; 3) design, build, and integrate a miniaturized detection system; 4) demonstrate the prototype H-IMS"effectiveness against specific attack modes; and 5) develop an integration path into BMD systems.

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