IoT and ubiquitous/pervasive computing are shaping our world where smart devices enter every aspect of our everyday life. The evolution of our interconnected society brings multiple layers of cloud, edge computing, and Internet of Things (IoT) platforms that continuously interact with each other. The boom of digitalization demands infrastructures to develop functional engineering solutions in a short time. However, advanced security and privacy-enhancing technologies are required to build a more secure digital world.
The “Secure Platform for ICT Systems Rooted at the Silicon Manufacturing Process” (SPIRS) EU-funded project addresses innovative approaches to provide security and data privacy to future Information and Communications Technology (ICT) elements. This project encompasses the complete design of a SPIRS platform, which integrates a dedicated hardware Root of Trust (RoT) and a RISC-V processor core with the capability of offering a full suite of security services. The hardware RoT in SPIRS is the source of trust for the entire system that is built over it. The security of software components (execution environment, boot process, applications) relies on identifiers, random numbers, and cryptographic functions that are provided by the RoT. Furthermore, the potentiality of the SPIRS platform is leveraged to support privacy respectful solution and remote attestation mechanisms to enable trusted communication channels across 5G infrastructures and the respective management domains. Therefore, the main goal of the SPIRS project is to establish chains of trust rooted in the silicon manufacturing process for ICT systems, and apply them in improving the supply chain for networked infrastructures.
