Microarchitectural Attacks and Security

7.

Advanced Topics and Future Directions

7.1.

Attack Surface in Modern Computing

7.1.1.

Cloud Computing Security

7.1.1.1.

Multi-Tenant Isolation

7.1.1.2.

Cross-VM Attacks

7.1.1.3.

Container Escape Techniques

7.1.1.4.

Serverless Security Challenges

7.1.2.

Mobile and Embedded Systems

7.1.2.1.

ARM TrustZone Attacks

7.1.2.2.

IoT Device Vulnerabilities

7.1.2.3.

Power-Constrained Attack Scenarios

7.1.3.

Accelerator Security

7.1.3.1.

GPU Microarchitectural Attacks

7.1.3.2.

FPGA Security Vulnerabilities

7.1.3.3.

AI Accelerator Side Channels

7.1.4.

Heterogeneous System Challenges

7.1.4.1.

System-on-Chip Security

7.1.4.2.

Interconnect Security

7.1.4.3.

Shared Resource Management

7.2.

Formal Methods in Microarchitectural Security

7.2.1.

Security Property Specification

7.2.1.1.

Information Flow Properties

7.2.1.2.

Timing Property Specification

7.2.1.3.

Confidentiality Models

7.2.2.

Verification Techniques

7.2.2.1.

Model Checking Approaches

7.2.2.2.

Theorem Proving Methods

7.2.2.3.

Automated Verification Tools

7.2.3.

Hardware Security Verification

7.2.3.1.

RTL-Level Verification

7.2.3.2.

Gate-Level Analysis

7.2.3.3.

Post-Silicon Validation

7.3.

Performance-Security Trade-offs

7.3.1.

Mitigation Performance Impact

7.3.1.1.

Benchmarking Methodologies

7.3.1.2.

Performance Overhead Analysis

7.3.1.3.

Cost-Benefit Analysis

7.3.2.

Security-Aware Design

7.3.2.1.

Secure-by-Design Principles

7.3.2.2.

Performance-Security Optimization

7.3.2.3.

Design Space Exploration

7.4.

Emerging Threats and Defenses

7.4.1.

Next-Generation Attack Techniques

7.4.1.1.

Machine Learning-Based Attacks

7.4.1.2.

Automated Vulnerability Discovery

7.4.1.3.

Cross-Layer Attack Combinations

7.4.2.

Future Defense Mechanisms

7.4.2.1.

Hardware-Software Co-Design

7.4.2.2.

Adaptive Security Systems

7.4.2.3.

Self-Healing Architectures

7.4.3.

Research Directions

7.4.3.1.

Quantum Computing Security

7.4.3.2.

Neuromorphic Computing Attacks

7.4.3.3.

Edge Computing Security

7.5.

Responsible Disclosure and Ethics

7.5.1.

Vulnerability Disclosure Processes

7.5.2.

Coordinated Disclosure Timelines

7.5.3.

Ethical Considerations in Security Research

7.5.4.

Industry-Academia Collaboration

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1. Foundations of Microarchitectural Security