Practical cryptographic strategies in the post-quantum era

We review new frontiers in information security technologies in communications and distributed storage technologies with the use of classical, quantum, hybrid classical-quantum, and post-quantum cryptography. We analyze the current state-of-the-art, critical characteristics, development trends, and limitations of these techniques for application in enterprise information protection systems. An approach concerning the selection of practical encryption technologies for enterprises with branched communication networks is introduced.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures; review pape

Non-Intrusive Subscriber Authentication for Next Generation Mobile Communication Systems

Merged with duplicate record 10026.1/753 on 14.03.2017 by CS (TIS)The last decade has witnessed massive growth in both the technological development, and the consumer adoption of mobile devices such as mobile handsets and PDAs. The recent introduction of wideband mobile networks has enabled the deployment of new services with access to traditionally well protected personal data, such as banking details or medical records. Secure user access to this data has however remained a function of the mobile device's authentication system, which is only protected from masquerade abuse by the traditional PIN, originally designed to protect against telephony abuse. This thesis presents novel research in relation to advanced subscriber authentication for mobile devices. The research began by assessing the threat of masquerade attacks on such devices by way of a survey of end users. This revealed that the current methods of mobile authentication remain extensively unused, leaving terminals highly vulnerable to masquerade attack. Further investigation revealed that, in the context of the more advanced wideband enabled services, users are receptive to many advanced authentication techniques and principles, including the discipline of biometrics which naturally lends itself to the area of advanced subscriber based authentication. To address the requirement for a more personal authentication capable of being applied in a continuous context, a novel non-intrusive biometric authentication technique was conceived, drawn from the discrete disciplines of biometrics and Auditory Evoked Responses. The technique forms a hybrid multi-modal biometric where variations in the behavioural stimulus of the human voice (due to the propagation effects of acoustic waves within the human head), are used to verify the identity o f a user. The resulting approach is known as the Head Authentication Technique (HAT). Evaluation of the HAT authentication process is realised in two stages. Firstly, the generic authentication procedures of registration and verification are automated within a prototype implementation. Secondly, a HAT demonstrator is used to evaluate the authentication process through a series of experimental trials involving a representative user community. The results from the trials confirm that multiple HAT samples from the same user exhibit a high degree of correlation, yet samples between users exhibit a high degree of discrepancy. Statistical analysis of the prototypes performance realised early system error rates of; FNMR = 6% and FMR = 0.025%. The results clearly demonstrate the authentication capabilities of this novel biometric approach and the contribution this new work can make to the protection of subscriber data in next generation mobile networks.Orange Personal Communication Services Lt

Method of Detecting Radio Signals using Means of Covert by Obtaining Information on the basis of Random Signals Model

The article presents a developed method for determining random radio signals. Random signals can be signals from hidden means of obtaining information.The signal is considered as a random process. The description of such signals is based on probability theory and the theory of random functions. In the practice of analysis of random radio signals, static methods based on the theory of stationary random functions have become widespread. The existing models of a stationary random process are not adequate for a large number of random processes, especially for processes that are dynamic in nature and are observed during a finite time interval.The developed method allows to detect signals from hidden means of obtaining information with greater efficiency. The novelty of the method is to determine the deviation of the main parameters of the signals from the function of the sample. The method is based on determining the function of a sample of signals of a given radio range. The function of the sample is obtained as the implementation of the smoothing function of a random process, by the method of least squares using the principle of sliding smoothing.It is proposed to determine the signals of the means of covert receipt of information by the instantaneous deviation of the parameters of random signals. To determine the signals of the means of covert obtaining information, it is proposed to determine the deviation of the amplitude of the random signals from the amplitude of the signals of the sample function, then, if necessary, to determine the deviation of the signal phases. So, the effectiveness of the method is achieved by determining two parameters of the deviation of the amplitude and phase. This makes it possible to detect random signals with a higher probability.Determining the function of the sample of the required radio band significantly increases the probability of determining random signals, by reducing the scanning time of a given radio band, by excluding known signals from the additional software analysis of a given radio band

Side-channel Analysis of Subscriber Identity Modules

Subscriber identity modules (SIMs) contain useful forensic data but are often locked with a PIN code that restricts access to this data. If an invalid PIN is entered several times, the card locks and may even destroy its stored data. This presents a challenge to the retrieval of data from the SIM when the PIN is unknown. The field of side-channel analysis (SCA) collects, identifies, and processes information leaked via inadvertent channels. One promising side-channel leakage is that of electromagnetic (EM) emanations; by monitoring the SIM\u27s emissions, it may be possible to determine the correct PIN to unlock the card. This thesis uses EM SCA techniques to attempt to discover the SIM card\u27s PIN. The tested SIM is subjected to simple and differential electromagnetic analysis. No clear data dependency or correlation is apparent. The SIM does reveal information pertaining to its validation routine, but the value of the card\u27s stored PIN does not appear to leak via EM emissions. Two factors contributing to this result are the black-box nature of PIN validation and the hardware and software SCA countermeasures. Further experimentation on SIMs with known operational characteristics is recommended to determine the viability of future SCA attacks on these devices