DPA Research

Since Cryptography Research’s discovery of SPA and DPA attacks in the 1990s, a vast amount of research has emerged. Over 1,800 academic papers cite Cryptography Research’s original white paper introducing DPA. The following technical papers have been published by our research staff and are available publicly.

Design and testing strategies for power analysis & related attacks

An examination of testing methodologies for obtaining assurance in countermeasures to power analysis and related attacks.

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Overview of Differential Power Analysis

An engineering overview of Differential Power Analysis by Paul Kocher, Joshua Jaffe, and Benjamin Jun.

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Differential Power Analysis

An academic paper introducing the discovery of Differential Power Analysis by Paul Kocher, Joshua Jaffe, and Benjamin Jun.

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Timing Attacks on Implementations of Diffie-Hellman, RSA, DSS, and Other Systems

An academic paper by Paul Kocher introducing timing attack cryptanalysis. Many elements of timing attacks are relevant to DPA.

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"Cryptography Research discovered DPA and pioneered the solutions. Their patents on DPA countermeasures are the key for solving the problem."

- Bruce Schneier,
CTO of Counterpane Internet Security, Inc. and author of 'Applied Cryptography' and 'Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World'

More Applied Research

Visit our Applied Research section to learn more about our research efforts.