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Side-Channel Attack

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

SCA

Definitions:

  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.
Sources:
NIST SP 1800-21B under Side-Channel Attacks

  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.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-63-4 [

  

] under side-channel attack

  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.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-227 under side-channel attack