Trusted Execution Environments

Dr. Carlton Shepherd (Ph.D., B.Sc.) is a Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) in Computing at Newcastle University, UK. His expertise lies in security issues at the intersection of hardware and software on mobile and embedded systems. Specific areas of interest include trusted execution environments, CPU security, side-channel analysis, and fault injection attacks. He was previously a Senior Research Fellow at the Information Security Group at Royal Holloway, University of London, and held research and development positions in financial technology before becoming an academic. He holds a Ph.D. in Information Security from Royal Holloway, University of London, and a B.Sc. in Computer Science from Newcastle University.Prof. Konstantinos Markantonakis (M.Sc., M.B.A., Ph.D.) is a Professor of Information Security in the Information Security Group in Royal Holloway University of London. He is also the Director of the Information Security Group Smart Card and IoT Security Centre (SCC). His main research interests include smart card security and applications, the Internet of Things (IoT), embedded systems, payment and avionics system security. He has published more than 200 papers in international conferences and journals, and attracted funding from industry and UK and EU funding sources.  Prof. Markantonakis is also Director of the `Transformative Digital Technologies, Security and Society' Catalyst, at Royal Holloway University of London, responsible for coordinating multidisciplinary research and impact activities. He is the chair of IFIP WG 11.2 Pervasive Systems Security, has experience in commercialising cyber security research, and is an experienced consultant working across several technology companies. He received his B.Sc. in Computer Science from Lancaster University, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Information Security, and an M.B.A. in International Management all from Royal Holloway, University of London.

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• Introduction.- Background Material.- Operating System Controls.- Isolated Hardware Execution Platforms.- Building Execution Environments from the Trusted Platform Module.- Trusted World Systems.- Enclave Computing.- Deployment Issues, Attacks, and Other Challenges.- Conclusion.