Hardwear.io NL 2021: Teardown And Feasibility Study Of IronKey by Sergei Skorobogatov

Abstract:
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There are many solutions for keeping user data secure on USB Flash drives. However, the family of IronKey devices was designed with the highest security expectations. They are definitely standing above others by being certified to FIPS 140-2 Level 3 and also certified by NATO for Top-Secret use. Despite of many devices being evaluated and found insecure, no public research on IronKey devices was made. The purpose of this talk is to present a feasibility study that fills the gap by looking inside the IronKey family of devices. As a result the users of the IronKey devices could be assured about the real level of the security protection they get.
Several generations of IronKey devices from early models to the latest ones will be teared down and their hardware solutions will be discussed and evaluated for hardware security. Some potential flaws will be exposed and those findings are likely to stimulate further research into specific solutions being used to protect the user data.
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