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Side-channel attack

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-003941

1. An attack enabled by the leakage of information from a physical cryptosystem. Characteristics that could be exploited in a side-channel attack include timing, power consumption, electromagnetic emissions, and acoustic emissions.

2. An attack enabled by the leakage of information from a deployed cryptosystem. Characteristics that could be exploited in a side-channel attack include timing, power consumption, and electromagnetic and acoustic emissions.

3. An attack enabled by leakage of information from a physical cryptosystem. Characteristics that could be exploited in a side-channel attack include timing, power consumption, and electromagnetic and acoustic emissions.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-003941
FieldCybersecurity
AbbreviationSCA
ReferencesNIST SP 800-63-4; NIST SP 800-227; NIST SP 800-63-3 [Superseded]; NIST SP 1800-21B from NIST SP 800-63-3; NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Side-channel attack",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "term_source": "Side-Channel Attack",
  "definition": "1. An attack enabled by the leakage of information from a physical cryptosystem. Characteristics that could be exploited in a side-channel attack include timing, power consumption, electromagnetic emissions, and acoustic emissions.\n\n2. An attack enabled by the leakage of information from a deployed cryptosystem. Characteristics that could be exploited in a side-channel attack include timing, power consumption, and electromagnetic and acoustic emissions.\n\n3. An attack enabled by leakage of information from a physical cryptosystem. Characteristics that could be exploited in a side-channel attack include timing, power consumption, and electromagnetic and acoustic emissions.",
  "abbreviation": "SCA",
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-63-4",
    "NIST SP 800-227",
    "NIST SP 800-63-3 [Superseded]; NIST SP 1800-21B from NIST SP 800-63-3",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/side-channel-attack/"
}

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