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side channel

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-003939

Allows an attacker to infer information about a secret by observing the nonfunctional characteristics of a program (e.g., execution time or memory) or measuring or exploiting the indirect coincidental effects of the system or its hardware (e.g., power consumption variation, electromagnetic emanations) while the program is executing. Most commonly, such attacks aim to exfiltrate sensitive information, including cryptographic keys.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-003939
FieldCybersecurity
ReferencesNIST AI 100-2e2025; NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-003939",
  "term": "side channel",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "Allows an attacker to infer information about a secret by observing the nonfunctional characteristics of a program (e.g., execution time or memory) or measuring or exploiting the indirect coincidental effects of the system or its hardware (e.g., power consumption variation, electromagnetic emanations) while the program is executing. Most commonly, such attacks aim to exfiltrate sensitive information, including cryptographic keys.",
  "references": [
    "NIST AI 100-2e2025",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/side-channel/"
}

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